State regulators are circulating a draft letter intended for submission...
State regulators are circulating a draft letter intended for submission to the FCC, urging FCC action on call completion problems, NARUC Telecom Committee Chair John Burke said Sunday. He said around 90 commissioners from nearly 40 states had already signed…
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the letter by then. A Jan. 29 ex parte filing from NARUC urged the FCC to take “decisive action” in resolving the problem and simply mandate data collection immediately (CD Jan 31 p9). “We're attacking this problem on several fronts, not all equally visible to the outside,” said Wireline Bureau Chief Julie Veach during a Monday afternoon panel, that briefly discussed a notice of proposed rulemaking on the problem. State commissioners expressed frustration and increased urgency after hearing of an unreleased notice of proposed rulemaking the FCC has circulated, which would call for data collection (CD Jan 28 p13). Hill staffers mentioned concern for the call completion problem Monday in a panel discussion. “This is an issue members hear about directly from their constituents,” said Policy Advisor Margaret McCarthy, who works for House Commerce Committee Ranking Member Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.).