Verizon Urges Rural Call Completion Safe Harbor Clarifications for Reporting Relief
Verizon supports a draft FCC rural call completion order, with clarifications "to the safe harbor exempting covered providers from data recording, retention, and reporting requirements." The agency "should clarify that: (1) incidental or de minimis use of a third intermediate…
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provider during network congestion or outages does not conflict with the required safe harbor certification; and (2) the certification applies only to traffic destined for rural LECs," said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 13-39 on discussions with Wireline Bureau staffers and aides to Chairman Ajit Pai about the draft order and Further NPRM on the agenda for commissioners' meeting Tuesday (see 1803280046). Verizon is "unaware of any opposition to these proposed modifications to the safe harbor," it said. "Clarifying the safe harbor to exclude de minimis volumes of traffic for overflow purposes would be good public policy because it would help calls complete during emergency situations or network congestion by eliminating disincentives to establish arrangements for overflow traffic." NTCA (here) and NCTA (here) filed on meetings with officials that were similar to their previous concerns and proposals (see 1804060043 and 1804100039).