Instead of a notice of proposed rulemaking currently circulating that...
Instead of a notice of proposed rulemaking currently circulating that seeks mandatory data collection to quantify the problem (CD Jan 25 p1), “action should come in the form of an order mandating data collection now,” representatives from NECA, OPASTCO, NTCA…
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and the Western Telecommunications Alliance told an aide to Commissioner Ajit Pai Friday (http://xrl.us/boc36k). Despite falling intercarrier compensation rates, call completion problems in rural areas are likely to persist without further FCC action, they said. “It is unclear why the Commission needs to ask questions regarding which questions to ask; with its authority well-settled and its investigations ongoing for well over a year, there is no reason why the Commission could not issue mandatory data collections right now.” The commission should require originating carriers retain call completion performance data for at least one year, provided separately for consumers in rural and non-rural areas, they said. The commission should establish “minimum performance threshold ratios” and “rural versus non-rural performance deltas as a trigger to require additional reporting requirements and/or originating carrier investigation,” the rural associations said. The groups also supported the proposed rule preventing phantom ringback signals, and supported providing a “streamlined online form” for consumers to quickly report call completion problems.