From: telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org   
      
   by J. Tyson Covey and Brian A. McAleenan   
      
   Briefing is now complete at the D.C. Circuit in the latest appeal   
   involving the FCC's rules on access stimulation schemes.  Access   
   stimulation (or traffic pumping) refers to a practice in which a local   
   telephone company partners with entities that generate large amounts   
   of terminating long-distance traffic, such as "free" conference   
   calling providers and chat lines.  This allows the local telephone   
   company to generate large revenues from the access charges that   
   long-distance carriers must pay to terminate the calls through the   
   local telephone company.  The revenues are then shared with the   
   conferencing or chat line entities, which allows the services to be   
   "free" to the end users.   
      
   https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-commun   
   cations/1054710/clecs-challenge-fcc39s-2019-access-stimulation-r   
   les?email_access=on   
      
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