The Utah PSC declined to make specific telecom policy recommendat...
The Utah PSC declined to make specific telecom policy recommendations for the 2004 legislature, but urged the lawmakers to apply certain procompetition criteria to any telecom legislation proposed next year. The PSC said lawmakers should consider whether the proposed…
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legislation would: (1) Promote telecom competition or roll back competition’s progress. (2) Spur industry consolidation or investment. (3) Create unfair advantages for any particular competitor or class of competitors. The PSC said Qwest still had an 80% overall market share. By service, the PSC said the state’s 14 operational CLECs had a 38% share of business lines and an 11% share of residential lines. The PSC said a potential competitive problem was emerging with carriers seeking to set up situational monopolies through exclusive contracts with property developers and owners with the intent of discouraging rivals’ access to the eventual end users.