PCCA Journal|4
th
Quarter 2010
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FCC Releases New
Local Telephone
Competition Data
T
he FCC in September released
the second Local Telephone
Competition report to be based
on comprehensive information
about subscribership to intercon-
nected Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) service as well as more tra-
ditional telephone lines. The report
summarizes data collected by FCC
Form 477 as of June 30, 2009.
Interconnected VoIP service repre-
sents an important and rapidly grow-
ing part of the U.S. voice service
market, the FCC said. It found that
in June 2009, there were 133 million
traditional switched access lines in
service and 23 million interconnect-
ed VoIP subscriptions in the United
States. Of these, 93 million were resi-
dential connections and 64 million
were business connections.
Interconnected VoIP subscrip-
tions increased by 10 percent during
the first six months of 2009 and
switched access lines decreased by 5
percent for a combined decrease of 3
percent.
Verizon Releases
Statement on FCC
Net Neutrality Notice
T
he FCC on September 1 issued
a public notice seeking com-
ment on net neutrality/reclas-
sification. The following is a
statement by Tom Tauke, Verizon
executive vice president of public af-
fairs, policy and communications:
“Verizon continues to work with
policymakers and other interested
parties to develop a responsible
policy that puts consumers in charge
of their Internet experience. As
the Federal Communications Com-
mission gathers more information,
the evidence will demonstrate that
consumers are best served by a
policy that promotes innovation and
encourages investment, while ensur-
ing that open Internet principles for
wireline broadband are enforced
on a case-by-case basis. That is the
foundation for the policy recommen-
dations recently made by Google and
Verizon.
“We are encouraged that the FCC
is seeking additional information
before acting on the net neutrality
issue. At the same time, it remains
clear that whatever action the FCC
takes will be clouded by legal un-
certainty until the Congress enacts
legislation that spells out the au-
thority of the FCC and establishes a
broadband policy.”
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