Large Telcos Seek More Time To File Cases in FCC Special Access Tariff Probe
Major ILECs asked the FCC to extend their deadline for submitting “Direct Cases” in the Wireline Bureau’s tariff investigation of their special access contract terms and conditions (see 1510160060). In a joint request Thursday in docket 15-247, AT&T, CenturyLink, Frontier…
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and Verizon said they needed more time to incorporate into their tariff analyses the data set that the commission put in the record Dec. 4. The ILECs said they wouldn’t be able to access those data for purposes of the investigation until Dec. 16, just two days before the Direct Cases are currently due, and it will take several weeks to analyze and incorporate the data. “For the reasons discussed in the separate Motion for Extension of Time filed by USTelecom and ITTA (see 1511100068), a twelve-week extension would be necessary, at a minimum, for a comprehensive geospatial analysis of the data and is therefore the most appropriate extension of time,” they said. “The Commission should extend the deadline for Direct Cases by at least 60 days, however, which is the minimum amount of time necessary for a useful, albeit less comprehensive, analysis of these data.”