There is a general consensus within the industry that the...
There is a general consensus within the industry that the current wholesale/resale certification process is not working, the Independent Telephone and Telecommunications Alliance told an aide to FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai Tuesday, an ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bnkyuq). “Not only…
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is it administratively burdensome for wholesale carriers, it also creates incentives for resale customers to provide inaccurate certifications” to avoid USF line item charges, ITTA said. ITTA said it endorses Cincinnati Bell’s reform proposal, under which the resale customer would provide the wholesale carrier with its Form 499 ID and the wholesale carrier would check this against the Form 499 Filer ID database to identify whether the resale customer is a contributor. If the reseller contributes to the USF, the wholesale carrier would not be obligated to contribute on the basis of the telecom services it sells to the reseller. If the commission decides to require service-specific certifications, as proposed in the contributions reform further notice of proposed rulemaking, “it must give carriers sufficient time to adopt the new system and specific guidance on how to implement it to avoid uncertainty and confusion,” ITTA said.