Looks like the FCC is recognizing the rights of VoIP service providers to be granted access to incumbent local phone companies’ lines.

 

A petition brought by Time Warner after  attempts to access local lines were denied in Nebraska and South Carolina  set the process in motion.

 

Said Thomas Navin of the FCC wireline competition bureau, carriers "…are entitled to interconnect and exchange traffic with incumbent local exchange carriers when providing services to other service providers, including VoIP service providers."

 

Granted the rules in most states already allow VoIP carriers access to the lines of local phone companies, so this is not as earth-shattering as it may seem up front, but nevertheless it can serve as a victory for VoIP providers.