Court Sets Sept. 8 Argument on AT&T Case Against FCC VoIP Symmetry Ruling
Oral argument will be Sept. 8 on an AT&T challenge to an FCC VoIP symmetry ruling, said an order (in Pacer) Thursday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (AT&T v. FCC, No. 15-1059). The composition of…
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the three-judge panel hearing the case is usually announced 30 days before the argument. AT&T says the FCC impermissibly changed its rule to allow CLECs partnering with over-the-top VoIP providers to charge interexchange carriers end-office switching fees for connecting long-distance calls to customers (see 1507310057). The FCC said it reasonably interpreted its VoIP symmetry rule, not changed it so much that it had in effect created a new rule without proper notice (see 1510060033). Intervenors Bandwidth.com, Broadvox-CLEX and Level 3 backed the commission (see 1510270026).