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NARUC is scheduled to consider telecom policy resolutions at its ...

NARUC is scheduled to consider telecom policy resolutions at its winter meeting this week in Washington, addressing spam, Internet telephony, emergency spectrum, broadband, universal service and competition. Draft resolutions proposed for adoption would: (1) Call on FCC and FTC…

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to take action against deceptive marketing tactics by mass e-mail advertisers, such as misleading subject lines, false routing information, invalid opt-out provisions. Draft resolution doesn’t take position on no-spam lists that many states are considering, but does urge state commissions to put consumer information about spam on their public Web sites. (2) Ask FCC to reject AT&T petition seeking access charge exemption for voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone service because move would throw into turmoil most existing state and federal universal service and intercarrier compensation arrangements. Draft said FCC shouldn’t consider granting AT&T’s request until it first conducted proceeding, through joint conference with states, to throughly examine impacts. (3) Call for more emergency communications spectrum and more state participation in national emergency communication coordination efforts. (4) Ask Congress, FCC and other policymakers to take stances on wireless and landline technology issues that would encourage broadband Internet access. (5) Ask FCC to consider switch to connection-based rather than revenue-based system for universal service assessments, where carriers’ contributions would be based on quantity of phone numbers assigned to end- users and on capacity of private lines in service; benefits would include more efficient use of number supplies. (6) Ask FCC to open rulemaking on establishing minimum requirements for exchange of customers’ account information when they changed carriers, such as which customer data fields must be exchanged and time frames for information exchange between carriers. Meeting runs through Feb. 26.