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The National Exchange Carrier Association requested permission to...

The National Exchange Carrier Association requested permission to withdraw a waiver petition Wednesday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1kypfDF). NECA had sought an expedited waiver of Section 51.909(a)(4) of the commission’s rules, which required NECA to adjust its interstate pool…

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switched access rate caps to reflect changes when carriers enter or exit NECA’s Traffic Sensitive Pool. “Upon further evaluation, NECA pool election changes increase rates by a higher percentage than what was in the original waiver request, an increase the Commission does not consider to be de minimis,” NECA Vice President-Government Relations Jeff Dupree emailed us.