The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has dismissed over 35 multidistrict lawsuits brought by two interexchange carriers against hundreds of local exchange carriers concerning payments of access charges for intraMTA traffic.
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FCC Offers Clarification To VoIP Symmetry Rule
The FCC has issued a clarification to the VoIP symmetry rule: the rule applies in a technology- and facilities-neutral manner, and it does not require, and has never required, an entity to use a specific technology or its own facilities in order for the service it provides to be considered the functional equivalent of end office switching.