The FCC’s technology transitions task force should strive to “provide...
The FCC’s technology transitions task force should strive to “provide a nondiscriminatory framework so that no company benefits from special treatment or obtains a head start on the IP transition process,” Level 3 and Bandwidth.com told FCC officials Thursday, an…
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ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/YoxUum). Before the commission struggles with difficult decisions relating to IP interconnection, it should first institute a rulemaking to address the 15 petitions it has received seeking direct access to number resources, the CLECs said. “If the Commission were to allow the near-term issuance of number resources to non-carrier providers through an ad hoc and discriminatory waiver process, it may find it difficult to rationalize the waivers at a later date with other critical decisions,” they said. A notice of proposed rulemaking would help the transitions task force “ensure that the many interrelated CLEC Coalition concerns relating to IP interconnection, intercarrier compensation, number exhaust, number portability, and call routing are addressed in a comprehensive manner,” they said. If the commission does intend to allow direct assignment of number resources to the non-carrier providers, a rulemaking would be necessary to fully review the statutory framework as it would apply to such providers, the CLECs said.