Telcos and associations challenging the FCC’s USF/intercarrier compensation order filed...
Telcos and associations challenging the FCC’s USF/intercarrier compensation order filed a joint preliminary brief Monday presenting 18 issues for the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to decide (http://xrl.us/bnrd3e). Questions include whether the FCC overstepped its authority by preempting the…
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states’ authority to set intrastate rates, designate eligible telecom carriers and set service areas; requiring recipients of USF support to provide unregulated “information services”; and modifying or eliminating high-cost support mechanisms. Petitioners are also challenging the commission’s move to a “bill-and-keep” system of intercarrier compensation; a new obligation barring call blocking on VoIP providers; and the infringement of tribal sovereignty. Petitioners include CenturyLink, tw telecom, U.S. Cellular, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, and several state public utilities commissions and rural telephone cooperatives.