The Rural Broadband Alliance protested various petitions to the FCC filed...
The Rural Broadband Alliance protested various petitions to the FCC filed by companies seeking a waiver of rules that would enable non-telecom carriers to obtain numbering resources directly from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator, including a recent petition by…
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Bandwidth.com. “The Commission’s rules regarding the assignment of numbers are based on thorough and thoughtful policy considerations, and are the product of established and applicable rulemaking processes,” the alliance said in a filing (http://xrl.us/bndryq). “The resulting rules were not adopted to foster the interests of one class of provider over another, or to promote the use of any one technology over others. The rules were adopted through the established rulemaking process in order to address consumer needs and protect the overall public interest. In contrast, the pending waiver petitions reflect the business interests of individual companies that have a common objective: they seek rights to foster their business plans and concurrently seek freedom from all regulatory responsibilities adopted to protect consumers.”