Core Communications' Challenge to Dial-Up Rate Cap Ends at High Court

摘要

The Supreme Court turned aside Core Communications’ challenge to the FCC’s rate cap on ndial-up Internet service. The justices declined without elaboration to hear the case. The ndecision closes the door on two years of litigation that began in 2008, when the FCC denied nCore’s request for forbearance from the cap. Core had sought to replace access charges with nreciprocal compensation. In January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled nagainst Core’s appeal, saying the CLEC lacked standing in part because it had failed to ndemonstrate that it would be harmed by the FCC’s decision.