PrimeLink complained to the New York State Public Service Commission...
PrimeLink complained to the New York State Public Service Commission that Verizon owes the company money. The pole attachment invoices Verizon submitted contain amounts that are “excessive, unjust, and unreasonable,” PrimeLink said in a filing posted Tuesday (http://xrl.us/bnzosu). These make-ready…
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work rates are based on standards established in New York effective July 1, 2011, also subject to a PrimeLink complaint. These new rates have resulted in construction charges 460 percent higher than Verizon’s typical rates, it said. PrimeLink has provided partial payments to summer invoices but wants relief and for the PSC to declare the rates unjust and unreasonable. “Primelink’s complaint is noticeably silent on the fact that Verizon has not increased its rates since 1987,” a Verizon spokesman said when asked about last year’s rate increase and the complaint. Verizon plans to file a response with the PSC, he added.