FCC Grants Carolina West Waiver of Some Rural Call Completion Order Rules
The FCC approved a petition granting Carolina West a waiver of the recording, retention and reporting rules adopted in the Rural Call Completion Order, said an order from the FCC in docket 13-39 released Thursday. Commissioner Michael O’Rielly supports the…
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relief of the company, but said he would have preferred to provide it when the commission adopted the Rural Call Completion Reconsideration Order in November, he said in a statement. Carolina West’s earlier petition for reconsideration, if granted, could have had a broader impact than granting the current company-specific waiver petition, he said. But nothing prevented the FCC from addressing this with respect to Carolina West, when it issued the Order on Reconsideration, O’Rielly said. “I hope that the Commission will do better in the future to consider the costs of its actions and avoid creating unnecessary procedures and delays,” he said. "Obligating Carolina West to comply with the recording, retention, and reporting rules adopted in the Order would thus impose a significant regulatory burden relative to Carolina West’s size," the order said.