Peerless, AT&T Jousting Over Verizon LEC Billing Petition
Verizon's ask for FCC clarity on LEC billing for access functions is getting pushback from Peerless Network. In a docket 18-221 FCC filing Tuesday responded to Verizon's June petition for declaratory ruling (see 1807230025), Peerless said it and other VoIP…
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providers "do not simply 'hand off' traffic to IP-enabled platforms," and it and other LECs are entitled to tariffed terminating switched access charges for their services. It said the FCC has never stopped LECs from collecting switched access charges for terminating calls to IP-enabled platforms and shouldn't do so now, but instead should confirm traffic delivered to an IP-enabled platform terminates at that platform and LECs can collect applicable switched access charges for terminating that traffic. Backing the petition for declaratory ruling, AT&T said FCC precedent has been that calls don't terminate at two-stage platforms and that an LEC might deliver a call to an IP-enabled platform doesn't change application of the end-to-end analysis.