The FCC should deny an anonymous petition to create a Universal...
The FCC should deny an anonymous petition to create a Universal Service Fund safe harbor for providers of audio and conference bridging, Grasshopper Group said in comments filed Thursday. “Although the InterCall Order has undoubtedly sparked confusion in the industry,…
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this confusion will not be resolved by the mere creation of a safe harbor,” it said. Grasshopper said it spent millions on a system to identify transactions as interstate, intrastate or international and can comply with the InterCall requirements. “Creating a safe harbor degrades the investments made by Grasshopper and others.” If the commission does establish a safe harbor, providers should be allowed to choose the way they report, Grasshopper said. Carriers may owe less based on their interstate and international end-user traffic than under the safe harbor. The commission must go through a rulemaking to create a safe harbor and it should seek actual data from providers, Grasshopper said.