Telcos' Dispute Over FCC Draft Order on VoIP Symmetry Continues
The FCC should reject its draft order to clarify VoIP symmetry rules before it comes up for a vote at commissioners' Thursday meeting, CenturyLink said, posted Thursday in docket 10-90 on meetings with aides to the four commissioners. It said…
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the draft "cannot be reconciled with precedent or governing law" and isn't supported by the policy justifications. The telco said that "because the draft order would require carriers like AT&T and CenturyLink to distinguish between over-the-top and facilities-based traffic even though there is no way for them to do so reliably, it would fail to achieve the commission's goal" of resolving intercarrier compensation disputes. Teliax said the agency should remove the draft. Teliax argued it fails to address issues raised by comments and other times gives inadequate explanations. Verizon supports the "conclusion that the VoIP Symmetry Rule permits LECs to assess end office switched access charges only if the LEC or its VoIP partner provides a physical connection to the last-mile facilities used to serve an end user, and also supports the finding that this ruling should have retroactive effect."