Transcom fought back Wednesday against Wisconsin’s TDS ILECs, which had requested...
Transcom fought back Wednesday against Wisconsin’s TDS ILECs, which had requested that the Wisconsin Public Service Commission strike Transcom’s Aug. 17 petition for rehearing and clarification. Transcom had become embroiled in multiple state commission cases with the now-liquidated Halo Wireless…
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over the past several months concerning unpaid access charges (CD Aug 2 p8). It sought to revisit those proceedings with the Wisconsin PSC, but TDS had called Transcom’s arguments baseless reiterations as well as excessive in length in late August. “TDS cites no authorities in support of its Motion to Strike, and argues only in bland generalities about the need to limit the length of briefs and petitions,” Transcom said (http://xrl.us/bnpmv7). “The relief the ILECs are requesting is harsh and would infringe Transcom’s due process rights.” Transcom defended the length of its earlier petition, which TDS slammed for exceeding the commission’s 15-page limit. It also reiterated the reasoning for why the PSC should grant its petition: “The AT&T and TDS filings try to minimize the import of federal and state law limitations that prohibit the Commission from taking the actions it purports to take in the Final Decision. Those multiple legal deficiencies detailed in Transcom’s Petition cannot be ignored."