RespOrgs Won't Be Omniscient About Toll-Free Secondary Market, AT&T Says
Making responsible organizations the ones obligated to provide to Somos 833 toll-free number secondary market transaction information, with penalties for not doing so, wrongly assumes RespOrgs will be aware of all secondary market transactions, said AT&T -- a RespOrg --…
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in docket 19-101 replies Tuesday. RespOrgs might be completely unaware of secondary market transactions, even those involving its own subscribers, and parties to a transaction might not be willing to provide pricing or other information. AT&T said the obligations should instead be on toll-free numbering users to report those transactions or at least have responsibility in notifying RespOrgs about a change in ownership. In initial comments, parties also suggested changes to what RespOrgs have to report on secondary market transactions (see 1906040024). In a docket 95-155 ex parte posting Monday, Ignition Toll Free, MessageComm and 800 Response Information Services recapped a meeting with Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel's chief of staff to discuss geographic routing of toll-free calls. They repeated their argument that the ability to accurately route those calls would have a big effect on 833 auction values (see 1905300060). They said the FCC should assure mobile phone and other originating carriers that they need to provide "fuzzy" -- rather than precise -- location information, which wouldn't violate customers' privacy protections. They said an opt-in, opt-out approach would be unnecessary and create possible safety issues for callers. They urged that assurance come in a decision on an 800 Response Information Services petition (see 1810110051).