Sprint Nextel doesn’t oppose AT&T’s decision to discontinue local private...
Sprint Nextel doesn’t oppose AT&T’s decision to discontinue local private line dedicated entrance facility service in 26 states and replace it with Ethernet. But the carrier said it wants to make sure that AT&T’s network changes “do not unreasonably and…
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unfairly burden existing customers of those services” (http://xrl.us/bngrya). Sprint asked the FCC to ensure that AT&T didn’t use that technology change “as an excuse to impose unjustified costs on its existing customers,” such as by increasing rates when the telco moves customers to month-to-month contracts. Sprint also expressed concern with AT&T’s statement that it won’t let customers make changes to their existing configurations. “Such a restriction may prevent Sprint from making efficient use of the SONET-based circuits it currently leases from AT&T,” the carrier said.