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FCC Muddled Over Intercarrier Compensation Reform

Posted by Barlow Keener

The intercarrier compensation scheme is a mess. On this all parties agree.  Over the years, the FCC moved from the role of regulator overseeing compensation payments that were enforced through tariffs between carriers to becoming a collector and distributor of billions of dollars of collected funds. There is little  agreement on how to implement a [...]