Toll-Free Order Approved 5-0 by FCC
FCC commissioners approved 5-0 an order on circulation revising the rules on access charges for 8YY calls. The order closely adheres to a USTelecom consensus proposal, FCC officials told us. It is expected to be released Friday or Tuesday. Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel dissented on the 8YY NPRM adopted in 2018.
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The order faced continuing opposition. “As a group of organizations that provide access to safe spaces for some of the most vulnerable people, including victims of domestic and sexual violence, victims of child abuse, individuals addicted to drugs, and those targeted for their sexual preferences or race, we cannot stand by while the FCC prioritizes the financial interests of the big telecom industry over the interests of some of the country’s most vulnerable populations,” said a filing this week by the Academy on Violence and Abuse, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma and other groups, in docket 18-156.