Wash. state regulators refused to reconsider their July 1 decisio...
Wash. state regulators refused to reconsider their July 1 decision to endorse Qwest’s Sec. 271 bid for interLATA long distance entry. Wash. Utilities & Transportation Commission denied petitions for reconsideration filed by AT&T and Covad Communications. Carriers wanted WUTC…
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to reconsider its support in light of criminal investigation into Qwest business conduct by U.S. Attorney and 2nd probe by House Energy & Commerce Committee. They contended pending criminal probe, congressional investigation plus charges that Qwest made secret deals with its competitors to remove their opposition to its regulatory initiatives all were highly relevant to company’s compliance with Telecom Act. WUTC disagreed, saying federal investigations into Qwest corporate and financial practices weren’t relevant to central Telecom Act question whether Qwest’s local markets were fully and irreversibly open to competition. WUTC said it wasn’t persuaded that unfiled Qwest-CLEC agreements in Wash. affected openness of Qwest’s local markets. AT&T had planned similar reconsideration petitions in Mont., Utah and Wyo., whose votes last week to support Qwest prompted carrier to file its July 12 applications at FCC. But AT&T said it had changed its plans and would take its concerns directly to FCC.