Giving Vonage direct access to telephone numbers would “serve the...
Giving Vonage direct access to telephone numbers would “serve the public interest and advance key Commission policy goals,” Vonage told the FCC Wednesday (http://xrl.us/bnc7o7). It would help foster innovation and speed the delivery of advanced services to consumers; remove a…
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significant barrier to IP interconnection; facilitate the transition to bill and keep arrangements for intercarrier compensation; and allow Vonage to build additional redundancy into its network, the voice service said. It will also improve the states’ ability to monitor and manage number use, Vonage said. Vonage emphasized that it has agreed to several conditions, including a 65 percent overall number utilization rate, and has agreed to comply with FCC numbering rules and numbering authority delegated to the states. Direct access to numbers will also “remove obstacles to rural call completion,” Vonage said, arguing direct access will “reduce the number of hand-offs involved in a Vonage call, thereby improving call quality, reducing delay, and eliminating opportunities for routing errors."