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HB 1198 Voice-over-Internet protocol service; eliminates the jurisdiction of the SCC to regulate.

Introduced by: Robert G. Marshall | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Voice-over-Internet protocol service; E-911 notice. Eliminates the jurisdiction of the State Corporation Commission to regulate voice-over-Internet protocol service.  Voice-over-Internet protocol service is excluded from the scope of the definitions of telephone service, telecommunications service, local exchange telephone service, and interexchange telephone service.  Voice-over-Internet protocol service means any service that: (i) enables real-time, two-way voice communications; (ii) requires a broadband connection from the user's location; (iii) requires Internet protocol-compatible customer premises equipment (CPE); and (iv) permits users generally to receive calls that originate on the public switched telephone network and to terminate calls to the public switched telephone network. Providers of voice-over-Internet protocol service or wireless telecommunications service that do not include enhanced 911 (E-911) service are required to provide to their affected subscribers any notice of the absence of E-911 service that is required by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).  Consumers of voice-over-Internet protocol service will be subject to the special local tax for E-911 service.  If the FCC requires providers to prepare and file a plan setting forth how providers of voice-over-Internet protocol service propose to develop and implement the capability for voice-over-Internet protocol service users to have E-911 service, the providers shall submit a copy of the plan to the State Corporation Commission and Wireless E-911 Services Board.  Providers are not liable for damages for acts or omissions resulting from rendering service related to emergency calls unless the act or omission results from its gross negligence or willful misconduct.


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