The FCC should proceed with the PSTN transition by “first...
The FCC should proceed with the PSTN transition by “first establishing fundamental principles” to guide its decisionmaking throughout the transition, Public Knowledge told FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel (http://bit.ly/Yn6K6q) and an aide to Commissioner Robert McDowell Thursday (http://bit.ly/Yn6N22), ex parte filings…
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said. Rather than “arbitrating between the wish lists” of various parties, the commission should adopt principles that ensure continued service to all Americans, ensure interconnection and competition, protect consumers, guarantee network reliability, and provide key public safety capabilities, it said. The commission should also issue a broader notice of inquiry to adopt a “principled framework for moving forward” and to provide a unifying docket for the many related proceedings, PK said. Such a notice could “create coherence among the many complicated issues in these inter-related proceedings,” and “establish that the basic principles by which the Commission will resolve issues will not vary or shift by proceeding,” it said. The commission must “seize its opportunity to establish guiding principles for the duration of the transition and push for consensus."