A conference call provider and a Native American-owned telco are meeting with FCC officials this week in an effort to convince the agency that it does not have to alter the current access charge regime to encourage broadband service expansion to unserved areas.
Officials with FreeConferenceCall.com and Native American Telecom, LLC argue that the existing fee system can encourage economic development on tribal lands and other rural areas because the money such carriers make from traffic terminating on their networks allows them to invest in infrastructure that they otherwise couldn't afford.