State ex rel. Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission

{¶ 1} On November 5, 2003, Time Warner Cable Information Services (Ohio), L.L.C. (“Time Warner”), applied to respondent, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, for a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing Time Warner to provide local and interexchange voice services in Ohio using Voice over *178Internet Protocol (“VoIP”). VoIP “allows customers to place and receive voice transmissions routed over the Internet.” Vonage Holdings Corp. v. Minnesota Pub. Util. Comm. (D.Minn.2003), 290 F.Supp.2d 993, 995. “Traditional telephone companies use circuit-switched technology. * * * A…