BellSouth urged FCC to reject CompTel’s request for reconsiderati...
BellSouth urged FCC to reject CompTel’s request for reconsideration of agency’s line-splitting order, saying none of factors BellSouth wanted reviewed was “appropriate for reconsideration.” For example, BellSouth said, CompTel asked FCC to clarify that low-frequency portion of local loop…
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was subloop unbundled network element that competitors could purchase to provide voice services. However, BS said, “the Commission has never addressed the issue of whether the low-frequency portion of the loop is a network element that must be unbundled.” If agency were to consider that issue, carrier said, “any analysis would clearly fail the necessary and impairment standard” that’s used to weigh whether ILEC element should be unbundled and sold. Assn. of Communications Enterprises (ASCENT) supported CompTel’s request for clarification that low-frequency portion of loop was subloop UNE. Issuance of FCC statement to that effect “would eliminate a potential vehicle by which incumbent… LECs could seek to undermine the Commission’s policy goals,” ASCENT said.