Windstream CEO Presses FCC Against 8YY Originating Bill-and-Keep, Cites CAF II Concerns
Windstream said the FCC shouldn't move 8YY toll-free originating access fees to a bill-and-keep, no-payment regime over three years. That would be "a radical step" that provides a "windfall to large 8YY providers and shift costs to consumers," said the…
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telco, noting "widespread existence of 8YY abuse" hasn't been demonstrated. The agency should either let 8YY revenue "decline on their own over time" or consider "a longer transition period," filed the carrier, on meetings CEO Tony Thomas had with Commissioners Brendan Carr and Mike O'Rielly, and aides to all four commissioners, posted Tuesday in docket 18-156. On the recent Connect America Fund Phase II auction, "Windstream highlighted its concerns around the ability of some of the winning bidders to fulfill their deployment obligations," saying "the weighting methodology applied to latency did not adequately reflect consumer differentiation between high-latency and low-latency services." It noted its continued support for the deal it reached with other USTelecom members on a proposal to delay ILEC forbearance relief from mandatory wholesale network unbundling discounts until February 2021.