Docket No. 10-90, et.al. (FCC We again note that although the has Order). FCC Order been appealed, it has not been stayed and it triggers a series of compliance obligations and associated deadlines that involve both regulated telecommunications carriers and State utility commissions. The directs a multiyear transition from current FCC Order intrastate switched carrier access rates to initial parity with federal access rates, and a subsequent movement to a uniform bill-and-keep intercarrier compensation regime. At the outset of this transition, all transitional intrastate switched carrier access rate elements for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) classified as price cap carriers at the federal level were capped at their levels in effect on December 29, 2011, and all terminating transitional intrastate switched access rate elements for ILECs classified as rate-of-return (ROR) carriers at the federal level were capped at their levels in effect December 29, 2011. Subsequent to this, the FCC Order directs a multiyear process under which ILECs are to make filings effective July 1 of each year to gradually transition certain interstate and intrastate access rates to the bill-and-keep regime. A generally corresponding transition is also contemplated for the intrastate switched carrier access services and rates of competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). The initial transition step that is contemplated by the will be implemented through an FCC Order intrastate switched carrier access revenue reduction mechanism that will also affect decreases in the values of individual intrastate switched carrier access services rate elements. ¶¶ 799-801, at 270-272, and Fig. 9. FCC Order, BACKGROUND The affects current and future Commission proceedings and FCC Order responsibilities, including an investigation into intrastate access charges and the need for specific carrier information related to access service. The Commission’s decisions made in the implementation of the do not infringe upon the pursuit of our appellate FCC Order,
Docket No. 10-90, et.al. (FCC Order). We again note that although the FCC Order has been appealed, it has not been stayed and it triggers a series of compliance obligations and associated deadlines that involve both regulated telecommunications carriers and State utility commissions. The FCC Order directs a multiyear transition from current intrastate switched carrier access rates to initial parity with federal access rates, and a subsequent movement to a uniform bill-and-keep intercarrier compensation regime. At the outset of this transition, all transitional intrastate switched carrier access rate elements for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) classified as price cap carriers at the federal level were capped at their levels in effect on December 29, 2011, and all terminating transitional intrastate switched access rate elements for ILECs classified as rate-of-return (ROR) carriers at the federal level were capped at their levels in effect December 29, 2011. Subsequent to this, the FCC Order directs a multiyear process under which ILECs are to make filings effective July 1 of each year to gradually transition certain interstate and intrastate access rates to the bill-and-keep regime. A generally corresponding transition is also contemplated for the intrastate switched carrier access services and rates of competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). The initial transition step that is contemplated by the FCC Order will be implemented through an intrastate switched carrier access revenue reduction mechanism that will also affect decreases in the values of individual intrastate switched carrier access services rate elements. FCC Order, ¶¶ 799-801, at 270-272, and Fig. 9. BACKGROUND The FCC Order affects current and future Commission proceedings and responsibilities, including an investigation into intrastate access charges and the need for specific carrier information related to access service. The Commission’s decisions made in the implementation of the FCC Order, do not infringe upon the pursuit of our appellate
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