BellSouth urged FCC to deny request for rulemaking by opinion res...
BellSouth urged FCC to deny request for rulemaking by opinion research firm Macro International that would exempt some long distance companies from caller ID requirements. Macro asked FCC to determine whether long distance companies -- also known as interexchange…
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carriers (IXCs) -- were covered under same Caller ID exemption as applied to local exchange companies. Exemption is given to LECs that don’t have software needed to provide all Caller ID functions. Macro told Commission it sought ruling because it faced possible legal action by N.H. consumer. Consumer charged Macro with violating N.H. law that prohibits use of automated dialing systems that don’t pass Caller ID information to consumers. Macro told FCC call had been transported through IXC that lacked capability to provide calling party number (CPN) information to consumer, so ruling that included IXCs in exemption would clarify its case. BellSouth said giving exemption to long distance companies would defeat FCC’s effort to gain more ubiquitous Caller ID coverage. It said it surveyed traffic on its network on one day -- March 19 -- and found 25% of long distance calls didn’t have CPN information. “Adoption of the relief requested by Macro would frustrate the Commission’s goal of maximizing CPN passage by discouraging IXCs from making the investments necessary to deliver caller identification information,” BellSouth said in April 9 filing.