The New England Cable & Telecom Association maintains its...
The New England Cable & Telecom Association maintains its objections to the rules proposed by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, it said in comments posted Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/1bAfnCd). It has raised strong objections before, suggesting that the PUC’s proposed rules…
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may have the effect of regulating VoIP providers rather than conforming to the state’s deregulatory law known as Senate Bill 48 (CD June 13 p11). NECTA said the PUC failed to provide enough time to properly address PUC staff’s redlined version of the rules, issued earlier this month, and asked for more time to comment and hash out concerns, while reiterating its objections to the rules. “The rules unlawfully treat VoIP providers the same as ELECs,” excepted local exchange carriers, a category created by SB-48, NECTA said. It also slammed some rules for being too broad. AT&T “generally agrees” with the comments of NECTA and Verizon, it said in comments also posted Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/12qiFs0). The New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate also submitted comments, suggesting language devoted to consumer protection as well as voicing support for the comments of affordable housing nonprofit The Way Home (http://1.usa.gov/175ULVM). The comment deadline was Tuesday, and the PUC scheduled a technical hearing on the proposed rules and stakeholders’ concerns this coming Tuesday.