Appeals Court Backs FCC Decision on Traffic Pumping

摘要

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit backed the FCC's decision to sanction a rural ncarrier for traffic pumping. Rejecting an appeal from Farmers & Merchants Mutual Telephone nCompany of Wayland, Iowa, a three-judge panel said the FCC was due deference in its ninterpreation of rules designed to eliminate arbitrage such as traffic pumping.