Bright House Networks has faced disputes with several interexchange carriers (IXCs) over...
Bright House Networks has faced disputes with several interexchange carriers (IXCs) over more than $10 million in access charges and switching, and many more millions could be at stake if the FCC does not clarify that “functional equivalence” is the…
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“key policy behind the symmetry rule,” it told Wireline Bureau officials in a meeting Wednesday, said an ex parte filing (http://xrl.us/boesxe). “Very different facilities configurations can be used to do identical ‘work’ -- that is, to provide the equivalent functionality -- from an IXC’s point of view,” BHN said in an attached slide presentation. “The proper focus is on whether AT&T is getting the service it needs -- delivery of calls to the services associated with particular phone numbers -- not on the specifics of how the CLEC does it."