AT&T Backs CPUC Plan to Let It Exit Frontier Zone
AT&T said the California Public Utilities Commission should adopt a proposed decision (PD) allowing it to discontinue residential landline service in Frontier Communications territory. The PD correctly says AT&T fully complied with CPUC mass migration guidelines and additional requirements set…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
in the proceeding, the carrier commented Wednesday in docket A.21-05-007. "AT&T appreciates" the CPUC's "commitment to ensure that customers do not lose essential local voice service when their local service provider exits the market,” and that the PD clarifies that all comments from the public responded to erroneous concerns. The Utility Reform Network generally supports the PD but wants the CPUC to clarify that relinquishing eligible telecommunications carrier status doesn't excuse AT&T from reimbursing California LifeLine and federal Lifeline for overcollection since May 2021, said TURN. California commissioners may vote Aug. 4 (see 2207010061).