Level 3 and Bandwidth.com have “significant concerns” about a series...
Level 3 and Bandwidth.com have “significant concerns” about a series of VoIP provider petitions seeking direct access to number resources, they told FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Thursday (http://xrl.us/bnrdyd). Granting a waiver to Vonage or any of the other 15 petitioners…
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would be “discriminatory,” and would give that party an “unfair advantage” over competitors, they said. Because of the “complex issues” involved in introducing non-carrier providers into the “current operational ecosystem,” any waivers would inevitably lead to “a significant level of operational breakdowns” in call routing, call completion, and port completion, they said. Waivers would also require carriers to develop new systems and back office changes “before the industry has even digested” the new intercarrier compensation rules in the USF/intercarrier compensation order, they said. “The Commission should address IP interconnection and other pressing needs before reworking aspects of the industry that are working well."