Telcos, Cable Update Proposal for FCC Rule to Curb 'Access Stimulation'; CenturyLink Joins
Telco and cable entities updated a request for FCC actions against "access stimulation," with CenturyLink this week joining proposals building on a November letter from AT&T, Frontier Communications, NCTA, NTCA, Verizon, Windstream, WTA and USTelecom (see 1711170063). A revised proposed…
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rule "follows up on our letter and would require carriers that are engaged in access stimulation to bear the financial responsibility for all terminating switched transport costs (including both flat-rated and usage-sensitive charges) between their end office (or remote or functional equivalent) and the tandem switch to which the terminating carrier requires inbound calls to be routed," said the parties' filing posted Thursday in docket 01-92. Another filing cited a meeting with Wireline Bureau officials.