CommLaw Monitor
Verizon and Bandwidth.com Agree to Exchange VoIP Traffic at $0.0007
With intercarrier compensation reform once again on the front burner at the FCC (see our January 19 post ), Verizon appears to be sending a strong signal about the direction it wants rates to go. On January 18, 2011,…
Intercarrier Compensation, USF High Cost Fund Reform Top FCC Agenda
As expected, late yesterday, the FCC announced that it would again attempt to tackle its "holy grail" of regulatory action: reforming carrier-to-carrier compensation mechanisms and the high-cost program of the…
AT&T Access Charge Lawsuits Against Prepaid Card Providers Moving Forward
Long time readers of the blog will know that we've been following AT&T's attempts to collect access charges for local calls delivered via intermediaries to prepaid card providers. The background is available here:…
Strange Coalition Petitions Court of Appeals to Bypass FCC on VoIP Access Charges
A diverse group of telecom companies and trade groups have jointly submitted a supporting brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Paetec v. CommPartners appeal. The Joint Brief includes ILECS like AT&T and Verizon,…
FCC Announces Schedule for National Broadband Plan Proceedings
Thursday, April 8, 2010, the FCC released its Broadband Action Agenda describing the purpose and timing of more than 60 rulemakings and other actions the agency plans to conduct in order to implement its recently…