The Mich. PSC dismissed 12 of 13 CLEC challenges to a list of 38 ...
The Mich. PSC dismissed 12 of 13 CLEC challenges to a list of 38 wire centers AT&T said had collocated wholesale competition sufficient to qualify for exemption from mandatory cost-based high-capacity network unbundling requirements under FCC rules. In 12…
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of those centers, PSC staff upheld the AT&T claim of more than enough competitive collocators to meet FCC requirements for an unbundling exemption. The investigators upheld CLEC assertions that a wire center in Wayne didn’t meet the exemption standards. The PSC approved all the other wire centers as exempt. The PSC in Case U-14767 also set a method for handling CLEC wire center classification challenges. It said when AT&T wants to reclassify a wire center as exempt from unbundling, it must file the underlying data that support the reclassification under proprietary seal. Those who challenge the reclassification can see the data if they agree to keep it confidential. Staff then reviews the AT&T and CLEC positions and makes a recommendation.