FCC Defends Access Arbitrage Decision in Tariff Dispute Between AT&T, Aureon
The FCC Wireline Bureau defended access stimulation decisions in a response on intercarrier compensation litigation the FCC posted Tuesday. Friday's filing addresses petitions for review of AT&T v. FCC (see 1905200010) and Aureon Network Services v. FCC before the U.S.…
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Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The FCC found "'Aureon indisputably provided switched access service in the manner delineated in the tariff when it routed the calls AT&T sent to the LECs that subtend Aureon's network,'" said the filing. The agency asked the court to reject AT&T argument the FCC misinterpreted the tariff.