Blog: John Myers: Curiouser and Curiouser

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Curiouser and Curiouser

Up is down. Black is white. The Interchange Carriers (IXC) are accusing the Rural Carriers of nasty practices... Imagine that! Big nasty AT&T is accusing the Rural Carriers of Iowa of sending inappropriate traffic across their lines for gain and profit.

Susana Schwartz's article talks about how this is an interesting situation that is growing and how it is possible the FCC could side with the Rural Carriers much to the chagrin on the big IXCs.

My person opinion is that this quite ironic. It used to be that the AT&Ts of the world were accused of abusing their Rural Carrier brethren with similar usage schemes. Now, the "chickens have come home to roost" by using the "creative approach" to interconnect math. Good for them!

However, let's hope that cooler heads prevail and there can be an agreement between the two sides that will benefit both.... Probably not... :)

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