The Kentucky Public Service Commission denied a request to arbitrate...
The Kentucky Public Service Commission denied a request to arbitrate a proposed interconnection dispute between Duo County Telecom and AT&T Kentucky, it said in a Thursday order (http://1.usa.gov/WTo5sM). Duo County Telecom sought such arbitration last fall, saying it wanted compensation…
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for services it had provided AT&T for the prior four years. AT&T argued for dismissing the petition because the Telecom Act of 1996 “does not allow the Commission to arbitrate claims for services performed and billed in the past” and said the issue should have been brought as a complaint under a different part of the state rules. The PSC calls the multi-year wait “puzzling” and said these past issues aren’t appropriate for a “forward looking” interconnection agreement proceeding.