The “rumor” is that the FCC is considering granting Vonage’s...
The “rumor” is that the FCC is considering granting Vonage’s waiver request and then opening a rulemaking on access to numbering, NARUC General Counsel Brad Ramsay reported telling an aide to Commissioner Ajit Pai on Wednesday (http://xrl.us/bnhkca). That’s neither “efficient…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
nor logical,” and a rulemaking is the proper way to proceed, NARUC said. The FCC must also protect funding streams for state programs as it reforms the contribution side of the USF, the association said. “The FCC should not increase pressure on the State programs and at the same time undercut -- inadvertently or otherwise -- funding sources for these crucial State programs,” NARUC wrote in an ex parte filing.