Will the FCC Lighten its RLEC Touch?
As ICORE works for client companies, and analyzes industry events and trends, we are continually amazed at the complete control the FCC exercises over the interstate revenue of RLECs. From…
Average Schedules – No Controversy Now
Once used by thousands of companies, and at the center of more than a few industry battles, the interstate average schedules have settled into a kind of quiet anonymity. There…
The Irony of Divestiture
Remember Divestiture, that 1984 blockbuster culmination of a DOJ antitrust lawsuit initiated ten years earlier? The one that broke up the mighty Bell System into AT&T and the seven “dwarfs?”…
Back to the Future?
ICORE began its corporate life as a small, upstart consulting firm trying to prevent NECA from introducing new, revenue-reducing interstate average schedules. NECA felt that a number of small, high…
NECA Announces dates for 2017-2018 CAF-ICC Data Collection
NECA has established the following schedule for the data collection required CAF ICC Instructions for this year’s annual access tariff filing: Wednesday, March 8 until Midnight ET Tuesday, April 4: NECA’s…
Average Schedule Revisions Filed
NECA recently filed its annual revisions to the interstate average schedule formulas, to be effective July 1, 2017. The changes, when approved by the FCC, will result in an overall…
