USTelecom asked the FCC to go one step further in examining call ...
USTelecom asked the FCC to go one step further in examining call blocking practices by Google on Google Voice (CD Oct 14 p1). Glenn Reynolds, vice president-policy, said in a letter to the FCC the questions posed by the…
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Wireline Bureau “are critical to ensuring that all providers in this exceedingly competitive market are competing on a level regulatory playing field.” But, Reynolds wrote, the letter doesn’t ask if companies like Google have been engaging in other forms of access charge arbitrage. The bureau should ask if Google, Bandwidth.com “or any other entity Google contracts with to provide Google Voice assess originating or terminating switched access charges for any calls associated with Google Voice.” The FCC should also ask “which entity bills for this service, what rates are charged, what access rate elements are included in such charges, what access functions are performed, and on which entities are those charges assessed,” USTelecom said.