CenturyLink Says International Bearer Circuit Number Doesn't Affect FCC Costs, Carrier Benefits
The number of satellite or terrestrial international bearer circuits "a provider has in service has no particular impact on the benefits that provider receives" from FCC activities or on the agency's costs, said a CenturyLink filing posted Tuesday in docket…
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17-134 on discussions with commission staffers about a Further NPRM on regulatory fees (see 1709060050 and 1712040060). "A two-tier system is therefore sufficient to ensure that the satellite and terrestrial IBC regulatory fees do not serve as a barrier to entry for smaller providers while ensuring that larger providers pay a fair and equitable portion of the fee category." CenturyLink said it "will be difficult for any carrier to identify appropriate breakpoints for a multi-tier system because carriers are only able to view their own data." It will "be difficult for the Commission to identify appropriate break points for FY 2018 given that this will be the first year that carriers file both common carrier and non-common carrier circuits," the telco said.