State Role Shouldn't Be Eliminated From ETC Designation Verification, Joint Conference Says
Eliminating the state role in eligible telecommunications carrier designation processes would remove important protections that help prevent fraud and abuse, said an ex parte letter from the state members of the FCC's Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services filed Tuesday.…
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The state members' December survey found that of 42 responding states, 21 have some sort of verification program in operation, the filing said. The FCC's announcement that it's creating its own databases for verification is likely an incentive for some states to defer action on plans to create similar programs, the filing said. Because of that linkage, eliminating the state role in verifying ETC designations is poor policy, the state members of the joint conference said.