If the FCC moves to a numbers-based universal service contributio...
If the FCC moves to a numbers-based universal service contributions policy, it should be careful how it counts a carrier’s numbers, members of the Intercarrier Compensation Forum (ICF) told Wireline Bureau staff in a July 28 ex parte meeting.…
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ICF members said the assessment for contributions purposes shouldn’t be based on all of the “assigned numbers” listed in the Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast (NRUF) reports filed by carriers. “Assigned” numbers in NRUF reports include not only a carrier’s own working telephone numbers but also numbers ported to other carriers or shared through UNE-P and resale, the ICF said in a July 29 notice outlining the meeting. “Use of NRUF assigned numbers for USF contribution assessment would have the affect of inflating carrier contributions,” ICF said. Representatives of AT&T, SBC, General Communications Inc. and Level 3 attended the meeting.