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Officials with the Washington Independent Telecommunications Association, and member companies,...

Officials with the Washington Independent Telecommunications Association, and member companies, discussed the problems caused by the FCC’s USF/intercarrier compensation reform order in a meeting with Angie Kronenberg, aide to Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, said an ex parte filing. “WITA and its…

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members reported continued challenges with call termination and phantom traffic,” the filing said (http://xrl.us/bnaqyh). “In addition to the unacceptable impacts on customers these access avoidance practices reduce the amount of revenue available to small companies. As a result ICC reductions are being calculated on what these companies are currently receiving and not on what they should be receiving if all calls were completed with the appropriate routing information. Some companies are unable to bill for more than 80 percent of their incoming long distance calls."