FCC Allows CenturyLink To Consolidate in States Where It Has Multiple ILECs
The FCC gave CenturyLink a waiver to consolidate its ILECs in states where it has multiple incumbent telcos, to reduce the number of regulated "study areas" in a state. "This waiver permits CenturyLink to consolidate its ILECs and allow its…
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switched access rates and Eligible Recovery to be consolidated and calculated on the basis of the surviving Study Area in a state," said a Wireline Bureau order Wednesday in docket 15-324. "CenturyLink’s requested relief is in keeping with Commission precedent, and utilizes a methodology that is in the public interest and will benefit CenturyLink’s customers as well as the company. We also find that the requested relief will help facilitate the Commission’s goal of transitioning price cap carriers to the bill-and-keep regulatory regime."