§ 37-15-105 — VoIP and internet protocol enabled services

Wyoming § 37-15-105

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 37: Public Utilities
• Ch. 15: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Art. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) As used in this section:
(i) "Internet protocol enabled service" or "IP
enabled service" means any service, capability, functionality or
application, other than "voice over internet protocol service,"
(VoIP) using existing internet protocol, or any successor
internet protocol, that enables an end user to send or receive a
communication in existing internet protocol format, or any
successor internet protocol format, utilizing a broadband
connection at the end user's location, regardless of whether the
communication is voice, data or video;
(ii) "Voice over internet protocol service" means any
service that:
(A) Enables real time, two-way voice
communication originating from or terminating at the user's
location in internet protocol or a successor protocol;
(B) Utilizes a broadband connection at the
user's location; and
(C) Permits a user to receive a call that
originates on the public switched telephone network and to
terminate a call to the public switched telephone network.
(b) The commission shall not regulate IP enabled service
or voice over internet protocol service. Nothing in this
section affects or modifies:
(i) Any applicable wholesale tariff or any commission
authority to implement or enforce any rights, duties or
obligations of any party related to wholesale services;
(ii) Any entity's obligations or rights or commission
authority under sections 251 and 252 of the Federal
Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. §§ 251 and 252;
(iii) Any commission jurisdiction over intrastate
switched access rates, terms and conditions, including the
implementation of federal law with respect to intercarrier
compensation;
(iv) Any obligation for the provision of video or
cable service by any entity under applicable law;
(v) Any commission jurisdiction or authority pursuant
to W.S. 37-15-401(a)(vii), including but not limited to
commission jurisdiction or authority to address federal high
cost fund or federal universal service fund issues;
(vi) Any obligation to offer essential
telecommunications service as regulated by the commission in
other sections of this chapter.
(c) If a service provider voluntarily chooses to receive
Wyoming universal service funds to support voice over internet
protocol service that otherwise qualifies for support pursuant
to W.S. 37-15-501 or 37-15-502, then that supported voice over
internet protocol service shall be subject to all laws and rules
governing the receipt of such funds, and the support provided to
those services shall not exceed the support that would be
provided to eligible noncompetitive local exchange services on a
per-access-line basis.
(d) Voice over internet protocol service shall be subject
to the following:
(i) Any required assessments under W.S. 37-15-501 and
37-15-502;
(ii) Any required assessment of 911 or E911 emergency
service taxes under W.S. 16-9-101 through 16-9-105;
(iii) Any required special fee under W.S. 16-9-209;
or
(iv) Any required assessment levied under W.S.
37-2-106 through 37-2-109.