The FCC’s analytical framework to evaluate competing alternatives to ILEC...
The FCC’s analytical framework to evaluate competing alternatives to ILEC special access must be “forward-looking in order to capture current competitive activity and to address the dynamic nature of the high-capacity services marketplace,” Verizon executives told advisers to commissioners Ajit…
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Pai and Mignon Clyburn, an ex parte filing said (http://xrl.us/bnhbfr). Verizon stressed that the commission should evaluate the “contestability of the marketplace” by looking at where competitors currently provide service, and where they can provide service. Regarding the impending data request, a “simple market share analysis” would be “inappropriate because it is inherently backward looking”; the commission should obtain data on where competitors are offering service, where they can offer service, and where they plan to offer service, Verizon said. The telco added: “The mandatory data request should make clear that providers that do not respond will face consequences."