XO Opposes Telco Bid To Extend Filing Deadline in Special Access Tariff Probe
XO Communications urged the FCC not to extend a Friday deadline for large telcos to submit their direct cases in the Wireline Bureau tariff investigation of their special access contract terms and conditions (see 1510160060). AT&T, CenturyLink, Frontier and Verizon…
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last week asked for a 12-week extension, or at least an extra 60 days, to file their cases because the commission had just recently placed in the record certain data they said they needed (see 1512100030). “The tasks that the ILECs claim they will undertake relating to the Data do not warrant additional time,” XO said in an opposition posted Monday in docket 15-247. “Further, delaying the investigation, especially on the grounds proffered by the ILECs, would prejudice XO and other competitive carriers, as well as consumers, who continue to be harmed by the lock-in provisions of the tariffed special access plans under investigation.”