AT&T sparred with a company called New Talk in a...
AT&T sparred with a company called New Talk in a recent hearing before the Texas Public Utility Commission, two Monday briefs show. AT&T Texas has provided New Talk with wholesale resale services for years “that enables New Talk to provide…
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local dial tone service to its end user customers and to generate revenue for itself,” it said. But New Talk “unabashedly continued its practice of ’short-paying’ monthly invoices” and now owes the telco more than $15 million, AT&T said in its brief (http://xrl.us/bnsbuv). New Talk has taken advantage of the interconnection agreement in other ways to receive service without payment, AT&T said. New Talk attempted to “mislead” the PUC and engaged in “outrageous” behavior as well as “illogical” arguments, the telco said. AT&T asked for a ruling that grants the entirety of the $15 million-plus cited and forbids New Talk’s practices. New Talk, in its brief (http://xrl.us/bnsbwk), said AT&T owes New Talk more than $1 million in unhonored promotions. AT&T “refused to provide New Talk with the benefit of certain promotions, has failed to honor its contractual obligations concerning billings during suspension periods, has inaccurately applied late payment charges to lawfully disputed charges, and has made an excessive and unlawful security deposit demand,” the company said. New Talk questioned how AT&T conducted its calculations. The dispute between these companies goes back two years before the Texas PUC.