FCC Defends Access Stimulation Rules in Great Lakes Case

The FCC defended its rulemaking on interexchange carrier compensation rules and access stimulation in a brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Great Lakes consolidated case 19-1233 (see 1911200061). Petitioners "engaged in and profited from access stimulation schemes" that the commission's rules now prohibit, the brief said. The FCC argued "substantial evidence" supports the new rules and alternate tests for access stimulation are reasonable.