Sebelius signs bill for Internet charge
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed a bill into law Thursday that will tack a 50-cent-a-month charge onto Internet-based phone services in the state to pay for enhanced 911 service. The bill, a watered-down version of legislation introduced during last year's session, had no opponents testify against it this year, according to a conference committee report.
Providers of voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) service, such as Time Warner Cable and Overland Park-based Nuvio Corp., opposed last year's legislation. That first iteration included the 50-cent charge and would have required that VoIP companies pay into the universal service fund, which subsidizes rural phone companies.
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