USTA and NARUC squared off again in reply comments on streamlinin...
USTA and NARUC squared off again in reply comments on streamlining FCC’s accounting rules (CC 00-199). USTA told Commission in Oct. 30 comments that “concerns expressed by state regulators that data will no longer be available if USTA’s streamlining…
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proposals are adopted are unfounded.” Existing accounting and reporting rules no longer are necessary and don’t fit into more competitive telecom world, USTA said. NARUC argued that USTA’s proposals went too far: “The ILECs make dubious claims about the costs of compliance with the FCC’s proposed accounting and reporting requirements… and fail to completely address the public benefit loss that will undoubtedly ensure if the USTA’s proposals are implemented.”