The FCC should organize a workshop on rural call termination...
The FCC should organize a workshop on rural call termination problems with the Iowa Utilities Board and that state’s Republican Gov. Terry Branstad, he told FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in a letter (http://bit.ly/V55Uhp). There’s “additional FCC leadership needed” despite “commendable”…
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advances and all parties should come together to discuss the issues in a small Iowa town, Branstad said. “Since Iowa has more rural telephone companies than any other state, Iowa would be a symbolic location for such a meeting,” he said. “I believe that this proposed workshop may give the attending FCC commissioners and staff a better sense of the problem and potential solutions by opening a direct dialogue with rural telecommunications experts, NARUC representatives, and impacted citizens.” Offending carriers would also realize “progress is expected,” he added.