Bandwidth is controlled by the Federal Communications Commission (or the FCC), an independent agency of the US government created by statute (47 U.S.C. § 151 and 47 U.S.C. § 154) to regulate and control interstate communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable.
To be a successful VoIP provider, Bandwidth must adhere to all FCC rules and stipulations applicable to its service offerings, including obligations to file a wide variety of FCC-required reporting (rural call completion statistics, service outages, CPNI certification, etc.).