Supplemental Briefs Filed in IntraMTA Switched Access Charges Litigation
An FCC order doesn't explicitly supersede interexchange carriers' obligation to pay access charges on intraMTA calls when IXCs use LECs' tariffed access services, said appellees CenturyLink Affiliates and LECs in a Tuesday supplemental brief in IntraMTA Switched Access Charges Litigation…
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case no. 18-10768 (in Pacer) before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Oral argument was heard Feb. 4 in New Orleans. The court should reverse its judgment in the case "because all intraMTA traffic is local traffic, and local traffic is not subject to access charges," said Sprint, MCI and Verizon. They argue the FCC "explicitly superseded the access charge regime for all traffic." Both sides can file replies by Feb. 28.