Topic
access charges
14 published works
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Adopts 2026 Access Charge Tariff Filing Procedures
The FCC has adopted an Order establishing the procedures for the 2026 filings of annual access charge tariffs and tariff review plans (TRPs). These procedures apply to incumbent local exchange…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Adopts 2024 Access Charge Tariff Filing Procedures
The FCC has adopted an Order establishing the procedures for the 2024 filing of annual access charge tariffs and tariff review plans. These procedures apply to incumbent local exchange carriers…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Establishes 2022 Annual Access Charge Tariff Filing Procedures and Deadlines
By Jeff Lanning
The Competitive Pricing Division (CPD) of the Wireline Competition Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission has issued an Order establishing the procedures and filing days for the 2022 filing of…
CommLawBlog
DC Circuit Vacates FCC OTT VoIP Order on End Office Access Charges
By Jamie Troup
A recent D.C. Circuit Court decision may significantly impact the access charges billed by over-the-top VoIP carriers. In 2015 the Commission issued a declaratory ruling (In re Connect America Fund, 30…
CommLaw Monitor
VoIP Access Charge Appeal To Proceed After Nearly Two Year Delay
By Kelley Drye
A long time ago, we posted about a decision of the US District Court in DC declaring that VoIP traffic was not subject to access charges and the strange coalition…
CommLaw Monitor
Another VoIP-Related Access Charge Issue Makes its Way to the FCC
By Kelley Drye
The Commission's long-standing refusal to classify VoIP services continues to feed litigation between telecommunications carriers. Previously, a coalition of carriers asked the courts to decide the issue and it appears…
CommLawBlog
IXC v. CLEC: Tariff Tossed Due To “End User” Definition
Q: When is a carrier's local subscriber not an "end user"? A: When the subscriber doesn't have to pay.
CommLaw Monitor
AT&T Access Charge Lawsuits Against Prepaid Card Providers Moving Forward
By Kelley Drye
Long time readers of the blog will know that we've been following AT&T's attempts to collect access charges for local calls delivered via intermediaries to prepaid card providers. The background…
CommLaw Monitor
FCC Petitioned in Access Charge Litigation
By Kelley Drye
Beehive Telephone has Petitioned the FCC for a declaratory ruling in an effort to salvage a lawsuit that Beehive brought against Sprint in federal court for collection of access charges.…
CommLaw Monitor
Prepaid Card Provider Seeks Stay, Dismissal of AT&T Access Charge Suit
By Kelley Drye
A few months ago, AT&T sued IDT Corp. for failing to pay access charges allegedly due on local-dialed prepaid calling cards. As we expected, IDT has moved the court to…