IDT Asks FCC To Review Bureau TRS Fund Order's Jurisdictional Basis
IDT Telecom asked the full FCC to review a Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau telecom relay service fund order setting the 2015-16 budget and industry contribution factor (see 1506300063). In a petition for review, IDT, which pays into the fund,…
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said it opposed approval of a proposed budget and contribution factor because both were partially based on funding IP-based relay services "from the interstate and international jurisdictions and not from the intrastate jurisdiction." IDT also opposed the proposed "funding of domestic relay services from the international jurisdiction." In approving the proposed budget and contribution factor in a June 30 order, the bureau rejected IDT's complaints because they challenged commission determinations that the bureau said it had no basis for departing from, IDT said. The full commission should review the bureau order because it conflicts with the Communications Act and "involves a question of policy which has not previously been resolved by the commission," and "involves the application of a policy which should be overturned," IDT said.