On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 20:07:52 -0400 "Steven J. Sobol" wrote:
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio last week ended a long battle between Denver-based ICG Communications INC. and Ameritech Corp. over fees charged to connect Internet calls. The PUCO ruled in favor of ICG, which contended that Ameritech owed it $4 million for connecting Ameritech customers' calls to Internet service providers. Ameritech previously refused to pay the charges, arguing that Internet calls are long-distance calls, not local calls, and thus weren't subject to the mandated connection fees. Ameritech spokesman Kim Norris said Ameritech has not decided whether to appeal the ruling.
And they are not the only ones, looks like this is happening in PA too: http://www.mercurycenter.com/business/tech/docs/076951.htm