Blackstone Out of Trouble!

In a follow up to a story I posted about back in February, Blackstone has successfully fought the fine that the FCC brought against them for failure to file the appropriate papers for a licensed telecommunications carrier.

Blackstone apparently ignored requests from the FCC asking them to file and make certain types of paperwork available and as a result was hit with a $20,000 fine. Blackstone has since provided the paper work proving that they are not a long distance carrier, just a distributor, and as a result the $20,000 fine has been removed and the matter dropped.

A lot of distributors make claims to be carriers, but as you can see the risk is too great and the cost too high. Blackstone is a more well established company with good legal representation and had the ability to get out of this fine but many smaller distributors should beware!

To read the complete ruling in this matter go to the FCC Website.