FCC Right To Probe Special Access Prices, CCA Says
The Competitive Carriers Association fully supports efforts to curb special access prices, CCA President Steve Berry said Friday in a blog post. “Competitive carriers face a number of obstacles trying to compete with the largest national carriers, and with the…
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upcoming incentive auction around the corner, carriers are monitoring their resources more closely than ever before,” Berry wrote. “Competitive carriers should not have to face monopoly rents for necessary inputs purchased from competitors. Limited resources are better directed toward providing the most robust service possible to their customers rather than paid to affiliates of the largest wireless carriers.” The FCC already has the information it needs to review the market for these services, Berry said. The agency recently launched an investigation into the special access terms and conditions of AT&T, CenturyLink, Frontier and Verizon in the market for business data services (see 1510160060).