Virgin Islands Telephone (Vitelco) and USTelecom told the U.S. Ap...
Virgin Islands Telephone (Vitelco) and USTelecom told the U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., the FCC is putting carriers “at risk” due to the way it handles suspended tariffs. In oral argument Mon., USTelecom said the FCC “games the system and…
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puts carriers at risk by suspending tariffs to obtain more time than is allowed by statute for review.” After reinstating a tariff, the FCC no longer gives the carrier “deemed lawful” protection which protects them from liability for refunds, USTelecom said in a statement after the arguments. “In denying the ‘deemed lawful’ status to tariffs that have been suspended and then reinstated, the FCC… subverts the streamlined tariff rules” in the Telecom Act, USTelecom said.