The FCC should extend the freeze on jurisdictional separations ‘a...
The FCC should extend the freeze on jurisdictional separations “at least three to five years” and open a rulemaking in the meantime to seek comment on reforming the process, AT&T said. In an April 6 ex parte filing at…
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the FCC, AT&T said it doesn’t think a 2-year extension proposed by NARUC leaves enough time for full review of the issues and making changes. AT&T criticized a NARUC recommendation that line counts be used to assign private line and special access costs between the 2 jurisdictions. AT&T said it’s no longer easy to separate line counts between the 2 jurisdictions because “improved technology allows companies to use assets for multiple services or jurisdictions.” The same day, NARUC told the FCC it disagrees with an earlier USTelecom separations proposal (CD Dec 19 p7). NARUC said USTelecom wanted to extend the freeze without proper comment by the public and referral to the State-Federal Joint Board on Separations. The separations process differentiates between interstate and intrastate telephone company costs.