It’s “time for the FCC to drop the hammer” on...
It’s “time for the FCC to drop the hammer” on rural call termination issues, which continue to be a problem despite FCC efforts, NARUC told FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a letter Wednesday (http://xrl.us/bnrn7u). Although the commission in February issued…
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a declaratory ruling to “remind” carriers about its prohibition on traffic restriction (CD Feb 7 p10), “the problem persists,” wrote John Burke, chair of the NARUC telecom committee. NARUC encouraged the commission to pick a provider that has not resolved questionable call termination practices, and “take appropriate and swift action.” Only “actual enforcement actions with significant consequences” will modify the behavior of noncompliant carriers, NARUC said. NARUC’s general counsel also spoke to aides to commissioners Robert McDowell, Mignon Clyburn and Ajit Pai regarding the issue.