CommLaw Monitor
Compliance Reminder: Hearing Aid Compatibility Reports due January 15, 2010
What: FCC Form 655: Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Reporting Form When: Due on January 15, 2010 (electronic filing only) Who must file: All wireless service providers, including MVNOs. See FCC Public Notice .
Court of Appeals Upholds FCC on ISP-Bound Calls
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld the FCC's November 5, 2008 ruling continuing the rate cap on CLEC intercarrier charges for dial-up Internet calls. In Core Communications v. FCC , decided…
Comcast, Net Neutrality and the Universal Service Fund
Yesterday, the DC Circuit held oral argument on Comcast's appeal of the FCC's ruling that Comcast ilegally blocked P2P traffic in its broadband Internet service. By all accounts, the argument went poorly for the FCC.…
Prepaid Card Provider Seeks Stay, Dismissal of AT&T Access Charge Suit
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 stay, or in the alternative, dismiss, AT&T's…
FCC Inspector General Discloses Effort to Identify USF Non-Contributors
Tucked inside a semi-annual report released over the holidays, the FCC's Inspector General revealed that its most recent round of audits of the Universal Service Fund included, for the first time, an effort to identify…