Lisa Minter
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Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:06 pm Post subject:
SBC VoIP Access Tariff Creates Stir at FCC |
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http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=134331
COMMUNICATIONS DAILY via NewsEdge Corporation :
An SBC plan to offer a new VoIP access tariff that might raise the
cost of completing calls for VoIP providers has triggered talks
between FCC and SBC representatives. FCC officials wouldn't talk about
the meetings but there was speculation the agency was seeking
assurances from the company.
SBC's proposed tariff, which the company said it planned to file no
earlier than Fri., would offer VoIP providers a voluntary access
method whose price would fall between those of traditional access
charges and lower-cost reciprocal compensation. SBC's tariff could
take effect 24 hours after it's filed, although the FCC might halt it
for investigation if parties filed objections. The agency also might
halt the tariff on its own. News of SBC's plan began to raise red
flags for some VoIP providers, including members of the VON Coalition,
this week.
FCC Chmn. Powell told reporters the FCC needs to be careful that the
tariff request not force the agency to "inadvertently or prematurely
try to solve compensation issues in an ad hoc sort of way." Speaking
after an appearance at a TV conference sponsored by CNBC Wed., Powell
said that would be his main concern -- "that we are not undermining a
direction we are trying to take" in the intercarrier compensation
proceeding.
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http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=134331 |
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