VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP. v. MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTIL.

No. CIV.03-5287 (MJD/JGL).

290 F.Supp.2d 993 (2003)

VONAGE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, and Leroy Koppendrayer, Gregory Scott, Phyllis Reha, and R. Marshall Johnson, in their official capacities as the commissioners of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and not as individuals, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

October 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ky E. Kirby, Russell M. Blau (pro hac vice), Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP, Adam M. Nathe, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., for Plaintiff.

Steven H. Alpert, Assistant Minnesota Attorney General, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DAVIS, District Court Judge.

I. SUMMARY

This case illustrates the impact of emerging technologies evolving ahead of the regulatory scheme intended to address them. The issue before the Court is tied to the evolution of the Internet and the expansion of its capability to transmit voice communications. Despite its continued growth and development, the Internet remains in its infancy, and is an uncharted frontier with vast unknowns...

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