{"id":20778,"date":"2012-02-18T05:19:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T10:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=20778"},"modified":"2012-02-18T05:19:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T10:19:31","slug":"latta-pleased-with-fcc-phone-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/02\/18\/latta-pleased-with-fcc-phone-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Latta pleased with FCC phone ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) said Friday that a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declaratory ruling on call quality and phone call completion would help improve phone service for rural communities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2927\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2927\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Latta-Robert-election-art.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2927 \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Latta-Robert-election-art.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2927\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Rep. Bob Latta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FCC\u2019s order stems from the Rural Call Completion Task Force\u2019s investigation into the issue. Over the past year, Congressman Latta asked the FCC to investigate and address the growing problem of phone service in rural areas, and in September, the FCC established the Rural Call Completion Task Force.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased the FCC has issued this ruling in order to ensure rural communities can continue to thrive,\u201d said Latta. \u201cIn the fast-moving world in which we live, families, farmers, small businesses and government entities all rely on instantaneous communication.\u00a0 It was critical the Commission address these issues because poor phone service adversely affects family and business communications, as well as public safety,\u201d added Latta.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC reiterated that telephone carriers who fail to complete calls are engaging in unjust or unreasonable practices prohibited by section 201 of the Telecommunications Act.\u00a0 The FCC also clarified that a phone carrier remains responsible for service to its customers even when contracting with third-party providers, warning that failure to meet legal obligations puts at risk telephone carriers\u2019 licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Latta sits on the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, which has jurisdiction over the FCC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) said Friday that a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declaratory ruling on call quality and phone call completion would help improve phone service for rural communities. The FCC\u2019s order stems from the Rural Call Completion Task Force\u2019s investigation into the issue. Over the past year, Congressman Latta asked the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 14:37:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}