The FCC is taking rural call completion problems “very seriously,” acting FCC Chairwoman MignonnClyburn told Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., in a letter the FCC released Friday (http://bit.ly/1dADKU4).nThe letter was dated Aug. 1 and replied to concerns Leahy raised in an April 25 letter to former ChairmannJulius Genachowski, which the FCC posted Thursday (http://bit.ly/154184S). “The Commission is committednto ensuring reliable telephone service for consumers and businesses in rural America,” Clyburnnwrote, describing “multiple fronts” of approach. She attached a letter from the FCC Wireline Bureaunchief as well as a recent enforcement advisory. Completion problems in Vermont were increasing, Leahynhad warned Genachowski. "Call completion problems harm Vermont businesses, and, generally, the qualitynof life of all rural Americans," Leahy wrote. "They also harm rural telephone companies, which are often erroneously blamed by consumers for these problems." He commended FCC action on the issue andnurged it to "act swiftly" against any companies breaking the rules.
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