The FCC granted CenturyLink’s request to withdraw its petition for...
The FCC granted CenturyLink’s request to withdraw its petition for forbearance of dominant carrier regulation and the Computer Inquiry tariffing requirement with respect to its packet-switched and optical transmission services. The commission had issued a public notice inviting submissions of…
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competition data to assist the commission in evaluating CenturyLink’s petition. Granting CenturyLink’s request to withdraw is in the public interest, the commission said, “because it will avoid expenditures associated with responding to the Commission’s voluntary data request.” A CenturyLink spokeswoman said the telco “believes that the regulatory flexibility it sought in its forbearance petition is fully justified. However, the company has decided to explore other means of obtaining the flexibility necessary to meet its customers’ needs and compete effectively in the highly competitive marketplace for enterprise broadband services."