CLECs cannot assess local end-office switching charges, and...
CLECs cannot assess local end-office switching charges, and the FCC has already settled the issue, Verizon told Wireline Bureau officials Wednesday, an ex parte filing said. Verizon responded to arguments by Level 3 and others that they are entitled to…
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assess the charges when they route over-the-top VoIP traffic over the public Internet (http://bit.ly/130ZT8v). Verizon also discussed a recent U.S. District Court decision that said CoreTel could not assess the charges “in precisely this scenario,” the telco said. “Companies like Level 3, YMax, and CoreTel do not perform end office switching when they route over-the-top VoIP calls over the public Internet for termination.” Unlike facilities-based VoIP providers, those companies do not actually connect subscriber lines and trunks, but “simply hand off voice packets” to ISPs, Verizon said. Permitting a CLEC to charge for functions it doesn’t provide “would be at odds” with the USF/intercarrier compensation order, Verizon said.