Definition[]
In a bill-and-keep arrangement (or sender-keep-all arrangement)
“ | each carrier bills its own customers for the origination of traffic and does not pay the other carrier for terminating this traffic.[1] | ” |
Overview[]
As an example, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 allows for incumbent local exchange carriers to exchange traffic with competitors using a bill-and-keep arrangement.[2]
References[]
- ↑ The Digital Handshake: Connecting Internet Backbones, at 8 n.26.
- ↑ 47 U.S.C. §252(d)(2)(B)(i).