The Mo. PSC suspended a McLeod Telecom proposal to raise its intr...
The Mo. PSC suspended a McLeod Telecom proposal to raise its intrastate access charges above its price cap. The PSC acted after AT&T objected that McLeod failed to justify its need for an increase. Mo. regulations cap CLEC access…
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charges at the rate of the directly competing incumbent telco. McLeod said it needed the access increase to recover legitimate service costs. McLeod said market conditions have changed since the cap rule was adopted in 1998 and it’s no longer reasonable or appropriate to tie CLECs to incumbent access rate structures. But the PSC staff agreed with AT&T that more cost justification is needed for the increase. The PSC set a July 17 prehearing conference.