AT&T filed complaint against Qwest with Mo. PSC alleging violatio...
AT&T filed complaint against Qwest with Mo. PSC alleging violations of terms of AT&T-Qwest interconnection agreement on provision of unbundled network element platforms (UNE-P). AT&T charged Qwest had failed to allow it to test local service provisioning through UNE-Ps.…
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It said such testing is provided for in interconnection agreement and accused Qwest of acting in bad faith during 6 months of negotiations over UNE-P trials. AT&T asked for expedited hearing and “temporary relief,” plus penalties against telco. Qwest called complaint “totally frivolous” and denied allegations. It said it had sold 50,000 unbundled loops to Mo. CLECs, with many in UNE-P configurations. It accused AT&T of abusing regulatory process to keep Qwest from competing in long distance.