https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-ensures-americans-can-access-zoom-and-webex-during-covid-19-crisis-0
The Federal Communications Commission today issued a temporary waiver of
its access arbitrage rules to Inteliquent, a telecommunications company
that carries traffic for two of the nation’s largest conference calling
providers, Zoom Video Communications and Cisco WebEx. Absent today’s
waiver from the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau, the massive increase in
conference calls made by American consumers using Zoom and WebEx to work
and attend classes from home during the COVID-19 pandemic would likely
result in Inteliquent being deemed an “access-stimulating” carrier under
the FCC’s rules. This, in turn, would trigger financial responsibilities —
namely significant cost increases — for Inteliquent that would impede its
ability to serve these conference calling companies.
