Nothing in the language of the VoIP symmetry rule, or...
Nothing in the language of the VoIP symmetry rule, or the text of the USF/intercarrier compensation order, indicates any intent to limit the scope of the VoIP symmetry rule to facilities-based VoIP, Bandwidth.com and Level 3 told the FCC Wireline…
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Bureau chief Thursday, an ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bn63sv). The order for the first time adopted rules to clearly state when access charges would be paid by carriers working with VoIP providers, the companies said. “AT&T is attempting to pull at one thread of this framework to reestablish asymmetric compensation,” where AT&T can charge excess charges for traffic sent to it by an interconnected VoIP provider through a CLEC, but doesn’t have to pay the same access charges for traffic between the same end points in the reverse direction, they said. AT&T also continues to ignore the definition of end office access service as stated in Section 51.903 of the Telecom Act, they said.