CenturyLink Counters AT&T in VoIP Intercarrier Compensation Dispute
AT&T and Verizon proposals to deny local switching charges for carriers completing VoIP calls "appear to draw arbitrary, unjustifiable distinctions between calling arrangements in which LECs may assess end office switching charges and arrangements in which LECs may not," CenturyLink…
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said, posted Thursday in FCC docket 10-90, responding to AT&T last month seeking a declaratory ruling. CenturyLink said the agency may not "side-step this issue as AT&T suggests," but must provide a reasoned basis if it rules in favor of AT&T. CenturyLink wants its own declaratory ruling on end-office VoIP switching compensation (see 1905240005).