The FCC shouldn’t “once again succumb to the lure of...
The FCC shouldn’t “once again succumb to the lure of moving forward in haste” by granting several pending waiver petitions including from Bandwidth.com that would give companies direct access to phone numbers, the Rural Broadband Alliance told the agency Monday…
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(http://xrl.us/bnevd3). Such a move, “without regard for unintended consequences,” would “de facto revise the established regulatory policy and rules without following the established rulemaking process,” RBA said. It accused the companies seeking waivers of attempting to “foster their business plans” as they “concurrently seek freedom from all regulatory responsibilities adopted to protect consumers.” Commission approval would effectively change established policy to “remove a lynchpin of the telecommunications regulatory framework adopted to protect consumers and serve the public interest,” the group said. Rules should “not be addressed on an ad hoc basis within the framework of waiver petitions, but as part of a comprehensive fact-based rulemaking process,” the alliance said.