Company Can No Longer Block Internet Phone Calls, Says FCC
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reached an agreement with North Carolina telephone company Madison River, LLC that prohibits the firm from blocking Internet calls (known as VoIP calls) from its network. The company was able to use its technology to block traffic that competed with its regular service offering.
Madison River, which filed paperwork late in 2004 to launch a public stock offering, signed a "consent decree" and agreed to pay a $15,000 fine. Industry analysts believe this ruling is the first of its kind in the growing Internet telephone segment.
In a prepared statement released after the agreement was announced, FCC Commissioner Michael Powell said, "In my view, the surest way to preserve ‘Net Freedom’ is to handle these issues in an enforcement context where hypothetical worriers give way to concrete facts and—as we have shown today—real solutions,"
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