Tag: Communications Law

717 Area Code adding 223 Overlay

Posted on by Jeffrey A. Franklin, Esq.

November 9, 2016, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved a plan to implement an overlay for the 16-county region in Central Pennsylvania served by the 717 area code by adding 223. The new area code numbers will be assigned to new telephone numbers once the available supply of numbers in the current 717 area code are … Continue reading 717 Area Code adding 223 Overlay →

FCC Shares Jurisdiction with States for Phone Matter

Posted on by Jeffrey A. Franklin, Esq.

The members of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PPUC) and Core Communications, Inc., appealed a District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of AT&T Corp.  Core billed AT&T for terminating phone calls from AT&T’s customers to Core’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) customers from 2004 to 2009.  When AT&T refused to pay, Core filed a … Continue reading FCC Shares Jurisdiction with States for Phone Matter →