Verizon Asks FCC to Deny LECs From Billing Certain Switched Access Rates for VoIP
The FCC should clarify that an LEC cannot bill its tariffed end office switched access rates when routing over-the-top VoIP traffic, Verizon asked the FCC, posted Tuesday in docket 10-90. "LECs and their over-the-top VoIP partners do not perform the…
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functional equivalent of end office switching because they do not perform the actual connection of lines and trunks," Verizon responded to recent ex parte filings from CenturyLink on its direct interconnection and VoIP symmetry proposals (see 1903200056). "CenturyLink has traveled far afield from the question presented by its Petition for Declaratory Ruling and the D.C. Circuit’s remand in AT&T Corp. v. FCC: whether a LEC and its VoIP partner together perform the functional equivalent of end office switching when they route over-the-top VoIP traffic to or from the VoIP provider’s end-user customer." CenturyLink didn't comment Wednesday.