Verizon’s assertion that the collection of intrastate originating access charges...
Verizon’s assertion that the collection of intrastate originating access charges on VoIP traffic would cause other carriers to incur new and unexpected expenses is “not accurate,” attorneys for Cablevision and Charter Communications told the FCC (http://xrl.us/bm3ait). “Far from representing an…
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unexpected cost to IXCs, permitting the continued assessment of intrastate originating access charges on VoIP traffic generally ... would restore the status quo in the industry prior to Verizon’s efforts at self-help.” If the commission grants the Frontier/Windstream petition to allow continued intrastate originating access charges for certain VoIP calls, it should do so “in a manner that treats VoIP traffic consistently, rather than carving out a special exception for the benefit of TDM-based LECs only,” the cable companies said in a filing posted Monday to docket 10-90.