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Mo. PSC told FCC it continued to support Southwestern Bell Teleph...

Mo. PSC told FCC it continued to support Southwestern Bell Telephone’s entry into interLATA long distance market and assured Commission that it would act “expeditiously” to meet its commitment to set permanent rates for wholesale services telco provides to…

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CLECs. PSC, in Mon. filing ahead of Tues. deadline for state and 3rd party comments on SBC business unit’s Sec. 271 long distance application for Mo., described SBC unit’s compliance with 14-point open-market checklist. Agency also described how company won PSC’s support in late March by revising its interim wholesale service rates and terms to be similar to those FCC approved in SBC’s successful long distance bids for Kan. and Okla. Mo. PSC supplied FCC with its procedural schedules for addressing permanent, cost-based rates and terms for colocation, unbundled network elements, digital subscriber line (DSL) loop conditioning and DSL line splitting and line sharing. PSC said it planned to hold hearings on SBC’s wholesale services at various times from Aug. through Dec. FCC must rule on SBC’s Mo. application by July 3.