Address Access Charge 'Inefficiency and Abuse,' Lumen Asks FCC

Lumen representatives sought reform of access charges for 8YY calls, in meetings with aides to FCC Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Geoffrey Starks. “The current regime creates incentives for inefficiency and abuse,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 18-156. “Almost a decade after the Transformation Order, in which the Commission declared its intent to reform all access charges, the Commission should seize this opportunity.”