Verizon critiqued the Colorado Public Utilities Commission proposal to deregulate telecom. The telco wants...
Verizon critiqued the Colorado Public Utilities Commission proposal to deregulate telecom. The telco wants to say Internet Protocol-enabled and interconnected VoIP service is “exempt from regulation” rather than “deregulated telecommunications services,” a document exhibit submitted Wednesday said (http://bit.ly/Sf4gFO). It said…
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Colorado customers who come to the PUC with complaints should be notified of FCC complaint procedures, not assisted by the PUC in “resolving complaints regarding service quality or billing disputes with the appropriate provider,” as the PUC deregulation proposal’s original language said. Various Colorado stakeholders submitted their statements of positions to the PUC in briefs in late October. These briefs, including from Comcast, AT&T, PUC staff, CenturyLink’s Qwest, the Colorado Office of the Consumer Counsel and the Colorado Telecom Association, discuss the broader move toward deregulation the PUC initiated earlier this fall (CD Sept 21 p10). These parties have been debating the best way to reduce Colorado’s high-cost USF support and the proper way to regulate IP services.