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Tariff Order Little Changed From Draft

The FCC released an order Wednesday deleting two tariff rules, approved last week 5-0 with little discussion (see 1910250036). The draft and final order were virtually the same, based on a side-by-side comparison. Only Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Mike…

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O’Rielly submitted statements. “In short, when it comes to eliminating outdated rules, this Commission has gotten the memo,” Pai said. The rule allows a carrier to cross-reference its own tariffs with those of affiliates and removed a requirement providers file a “short form tariff review plan,” 90 days before the effective date of their annual access charge tariffs.