Call termination problems are increasing “in frequency and severity” in...
Call termination problems are increasing “in frequency and severity" in the state of Washington, the Washington Independent Telecommunications Association told the FCC in an ex parte filing released Friday (http://xrl.us/bn27qy). Several of the association’s member companies participated in tests, it…
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said. The association reported that up to 12 percent of members’ calls failed to complete while 17 percent completed with poor quality. Under 5 percent of the calls were nomadic VoIP, it added. The problem affects the companies’ revenue and “frighteningly” creates public safety problems, the association cautioned, also describing challenges for schools and other groups of public interest. There’s also access problem charges in which companies fail to include proper caller identification codes, it said. “This theft of access revenue puts an additional burden on the universal service fund,” it said. Executive Director Betty Buckley met with staff to FCC commissioners Robert McDowell and Ajit Pai Nov. 14, according to the filing.