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Tax,
Communications Law

Nov. 30, 2023

San Francisco trial against telecom 911 providers is delayed

At the heart of the matter is the city and county’s S claim that nine telecommunications companies that provide 911 services “systematically under-collect and underpay Access Line Tax fees.”

A judge on Wednesday pushed back the trial date in a lawsuit filed by the City and County of San Francisco accusing a group of telecommunications providers of systematically underfunding the 911 emergency response telephone system to the tune of $240 million over a six- year period.

The defendants are: AT&T Corp., Verizon Business Network Services LLC, Pacific Bell Telephone Co. Bandwidth Inc., MCI Communications Services LLC and TPX C...

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