CenturyLink Says Carriers Paying Intercarrier Compensation Should Get More Say on Routing
CenturyLink plans to file an intercarrier compensation proposal in coming weeks to give paying carriers more say in routing traffic, and to be relieved of financial responsibility in some cases. "Inefficient and unwanted arbitrage in intercarrier compensation arrangements frequently is…
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caused by a disconnect between the responsibility for determining how traffic should be routed and the financial responsibility," said a filing posted in docket 01-92 Tuesday on discussions with FCC Wireline Bureau staffers. Commission policies and rules should "be reformed in these circumstances so that a carrier with financial responsibility would also be able to decide how traffic is routed," it said, suggesting "shifting financial responsibility where a carrier declines to accept a request for direct interconnection for the purpose of terminating access traffic."