[31147] in North American Network Operators' Group
HR 4445 Reciprocal Compensation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Allen Simpson)
Thu Sep 14 08:12:28 2000
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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 08:10:35 -0400
From: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
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"To exempt from reciprocal compensation requirements telecommunications
traffic to the Internet. "
Anybody know about this? Seems like it kills payments by ILECS to CLECs
for dialups, when the calls are to an ISP. Note, only _TO_ an ISP;
folks wanting to provide voice are still required to pay ILECs for
traffic _from_ an ISP.
Is this the "ILECs put ISPs out of business" act?
`(A) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding subsection (b)(5), after the date of
enactment of this paragraph, no local exchange carrier shall be
required to make any payment for the transport or termination of
telecommunications to the Internet or any provider of Internet access
service.
`(B) JURISDICTION- Such transport or termination shall be considered
interstate communications and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the Commission.
WSimpson@UMich.edu
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