On September 9, 2011, Denny Law of Golden West Telecommunications, Ryan Boone of Premier Communications and Trey Judy of Hargray Communications joined Mike Romano, NTCA Vice President of Industry, to talk with staff from the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of Economics and Analytics. NTCA stated their continued support of targeted actions to address inefficient access stimulation practices however they noted concerns that the Draft Order may inadvertently include RLECs that are not engaging in access stimulation. NTCA suggested modifications to the Draft Order to ensure any new rules do not sweep in non-access stimulating carriers.
Updating the Intercarrier Compensation Regime to Eliminate Access Arbitrage, WC Docket No. 18-155