Ameritech warned Ill. Commerce Commission (ICC) that it might hav...
Ameritech warned Ill. Commerce Commission (ICC) that it might have to terminate DSL service in state if agency stuck to its Feb. order requiring company to open its upgraded DSL-capable remote digital loop carrier terminals to data CLECs. Carrier…
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has been upgrading its lines for DSL service as part of parent SBC’s “Project Pronto” broadband network improvement. Ameritech told ICC that additional costs of accommodating DSL competitors at loop carrier terminal level would make service uneconomic and infeasible. Data CLECs disputed Ameritech’s claim, saying incumbents in other states were complying with orders to open their loop carrier terminals without threatening to abandon DSL service.