Cable, Telco Interests Urge FCC to Combat 'Abusive Arbitrage' of Toll-Free 8YY Calls
Cable and telco parties called on the FCC "to address abusive 8YY arbitrage caused by" a few CLECs ("8YY" designates toll-free numbers beginning with an "8"). It "would be more prudent immediately to take targeted actions to address such abusive…
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schemes while the Commission more fully examines the appropriate treatment of legitimate 8YY traffic for compensation purposes," said a letter Wednesday in docket 01-92 from the American Cable Association, Frontier Communications, ITTA, NCTA, NTCA, Windstream and WTA. "As part of an examination into the reasonableness of 8YY rates, the Commission should carefully consider whether a bill-and-keep regime is warranted in the case of 8YY calls, as this would result in shifting costs from businesses to end-user customers."