Public Knowledge Asks FCC to Clarify Slamming/Cramming Proposals' Impact on CMRS, VoIP
A draft FCC slamming and cramming NPRM seems to imply existing rules apply to providers of commercial mobile radio services (CMRS) and interconnected VoIP services, said Public Knowledge Senior Vice President Harold Feld. The draft (see 1706300042) doesn't say whether…
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proposed rules should apply to CMRS and interconnected VoIP services, but it seeks comment on why the commission receives fewer slamming and cramming complaints for those services than it does on legacy telco services. "This implies that the Commission believes that the existing rules apply to CMRS and interconnected VOIP, since the natural answer is 'there are fewer complaints because the Commission’s rules do not expressly cover'" either service, he said in filings posted Wednesday in docket 17-169 on meetings with General Counsel Brendan Carr and aides to Chairman Ajit Pai and Mignon Clyburn. "The current state of the law is complicated," he said, citing agency actions in 2009 and 2012 and calling the draft proposals unclear, particularly for interconnected VoIP. He recommended the FCC clarify that it intends to impose its proposed rules on traditional LEC, CMRS and interconnected VoIP services, or at least solicit comment on whether it should do so. The FCC didn't comment.