FCC Seeks Input on BellSouth, Alabama 911 Districts' Requests to Clarify VoIP Issue
Comments are due March 28, replies April 12 on petitions by AT&T's BellSouth and four Alabama 911 districts for an interconnected VoIP ruling, said an FCC Wireline Bureau public notice in Wednesday's Daily Digest and docket 19-44. Petitions "request that…
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the Commission issue a declaratory ruling to respond to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama’s primary jurisdiction referral" on a dispute "regarding BellSouth’s billing of 911 charges for its business telephone service and the Alabama 911 Districts’ position that such service qualifies as [VoIP] or similar service pursuant to Alabama’s 911 statute," the PN said. BellSouth asked the FCC to clarify aspects of non-VoIP calls, and prohibit state and local governments from requiring interconnected VoIP customers to pay more in total 911 fees than comparable non-VoIP customers (see 1901280037). Clarify that IP customer premises equipment "encompasses all equipment that transmits, processes, or receives IP packets located on or within the customer’s or building owner’s premises," petitioned the 911 districts of three counties and Birmingham.