FCC Faulted as Failing to Act on VoIP

摘要

The FCC’s failure to deal with VoIP endangers the commission’s overhauls of the UniversalnService Fund and intercarrier compensation systems, said Eric Einhorn, Windstream's vicenpresident for federal government affairs. The commission’s rulemaking notice isn’t definitivenabout VoIP traffic, he said at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’nwinter meeting, and without clarity nagging questions the effort “could unravel the systemnbefore we even get to intercarrier compensation reform.” Chairman James Cawley ofnPennsylvania's Public Utility Commission agreed, saying the rulemaking notice “falls short onnVoIP.” He said, “We’re still waiting for VoIP to be classified and the states arenstruggling. We’re grappling with problems that could be cured if the FCC would only give usnsome guidance.”