Global Crossing supported Verizon’s proposal to revamp intercarri...

terminating rate over three years and adopt a numbers-based system for USF contribution, according to an ex parte filing. But Global Crossing urged the FCC to include transport and “proceed quickly” with revamping originating access. “Even if the Commission creates lower and more uniform termination rates, access customers will see only limited benefits of those reforms if the Commission retains the existing outdated and artificial classifications of originating traffic,” it said. To avoid massive reconfiguration costs after the FCC imposes the overhaul, the agency should give carriers an 18-month window to make changes without incurring fees, Global Crossing said. “Reconfiguration of just one circuit can cost up to $20,000 or more, plus any early termination penalties that may apply for the remaining term of the underlying contract,” it said. The FCC should reject Verizon’s proposal to allow its affiliated CMRS provider to start imposing termination charges on interconnection partners, the company said. It believes the FCC should eventually set “default interconnection and intercarrier compensation rules based on bill and keep principles,” and “CMRS providers today are closer to such an ideal than any other segment” of the industry, it said. And Global Crossing urged the FCC to “narrowly tailor” any access recovery mechanism it sets up, to avoid delaying investment in IP technology.