If Sen. Jake Corman (R-34) has his way, a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate asks for legislation that will require VoIP companies to forward those dollars collected for E911 fees to be passed on to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
I guess someone has to pay for the state wide infrastructure of Public Service Access Points and Corman wants to put in black and white the language that makes it a requirement for one dollar a month per user to go to the State to keep things up and running.
The timing is rather fortuitous for those investors looking at the possible Vonage IPO as the 12 dollars a year for users in the Keystone state will have some impact on how Vonage has to show revenues and expenses. The same applies to all the rest who haven’t volunterily paid the state.
Don’t be surprised to see other states follow suit if they don’t have a law on the books like Corman’s proposal.