Small Broadband Companies Claim FCC Win Over AT&T and Verizon

  • FCC keeps some rules forged to preserve phone competition
  • USTelecom representing large carriers wants more rules relief

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The largest U.S. telephone companies last year asked regulators to kill limits on the rates smaller carriers can be charged for connecting to the giants’ networks.

Now the small carriers are claiming they have successfully defended the regulations as the Federal Communications Commission nears conclusion of a proceeding it has acted on in parts.