Telco Access Alert is a regular update of new and ongoing telecommunications regulatory proceedings at the state and federal levels.

FCC / INTERSTATE ACCESS CHARGE PROCEEDINGS

NEW IN MARCH 2012

Docket 05-25 – Investigation into ILEC Special Access Rates - Level 3 tries to jumpstart the proceeding.
Seven years after the FCC began a proceeding to determine if ILECs were using their market power and pricing flexibility contract tariffs to earn exorbitant returns on their special access circuits the proceeding appears to be going nowhere ...

Docket 10-90 – Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – Verizon VoIP White Paper
The FCC decision to apparently assess interstate access charges on originating intrastate VoIP traffic was not viewed favorably by all ...

Docket 10-90 – Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – Reply Comments on Inter-Carrier Compensation Issues
Industry reply comments on the future of originating access charges, local transport, transit service and IP-to-IP interconnection rules were filed on March 30 ...

For the complete text of the FCC updates, view this PDF.

INTRASTATE ACCESS CHARGE PROCEEDINGS

NEW FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 6, 2012

No new filings this week.

For a complete list of previous intrastate access charge proceedings, view this PDF.

INTRASTATE RATE CHANGES

The table below reflects any tariff updates that occurred in the past week. If any of these updates are related access filings required under the new FCC Intercarrier Compensation Reform Order, they will be noted in the “FCC Docket 10-90” column. To access any of the linked documents below, you'll need a subscription to CCMI's online rate and tariff document service, TelView. Learn more about TelView here.

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