The National Exchange Carrier Association requested permission to...

The National Exchange Carrier Association requested permission to withdraw a waiver petition Wednesday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1kypfDF). NECA had sought an expedited waiver of Section 51.909(a)(4) of the commission’s rules, which required NECA to adjust its interstate pool switched access rate caps to reflect changes when carriers enter or exit NECA’s Traffic Sensitive Pool. “Upon further evaluation, NECA pool election changes increase rates by a higher percentage than what was in the original waiver request, an increase the Commission does not consider to be de minimis,” NECA Vice President-Government Relations Jeff Dupree emailed us.