In the Matter of Petitions for Waiver of Commission’s Rules Regarding Access to Numbering Resources, CC Docket 99-200; Connect American Fund, et al., WC Docket No. 10-90; GN Docket No. 09-51; WC Docket No. 07-135; WC Docket No. 05-337; CC Docket No. 01-92; CC Docket No. 96-45; WC Docket No. 03-109; WT Docket No. 10-208; Technology Transitions Task Force, GN Docket No. 13-5; Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, CG Docket No. 02-278; Comment Sought on the Technological Transition of the Nation’s Communications Infrastructure, GN Docket No. 12-353; Numbering Policies for Modern Communications, WC Docket No. 13-97; IP-Enabled Services, WC Docket No. 04-36; Telephone Number Requirements for IP-Enabled Service Providers, WC Docket No. 07-243; Rural Call Completion, WC Docket No. 13-39
On June 11, 2015, NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association (“NTCA”), submitted a letter expressing its concern with respect to the recent announcement that the Federal Communications Commission (the “Commission”) will consider a Report and Order at the upcoming June 18, 2015 meeting to allow direct access to numbering resources for non-carrier interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (“IVoIP”) providers. NTCA urges the Commission to reconsider this decision given the adverse legal and practical implications of providing such direct access to non-carriers.
06.11.15 NTCA letter on Direct Access to Number Resources, CC 99-200 et al