Verizon told U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., that it’s ‘utterly inconce...
Verizon told U.S. Appeals Court, D.C., that it’s “utterly inconceivable that WorldCom will succeed” in its request for stay of FCC order authorizing Verizon to provide long distance service in Mass. In May 10 filing with court, Verizon said…
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WorldCom’s petition was “last ditch attempt to oust a competitor that already is providing long distance service to tens of thousands of Massachusetts consumers.” Verizon told court that out of “hundreds of issues” that state regulators and FCC examined, WorldCom based motion on just one, complaint that “The state- approved rate to lease unbundled local switching… is too high.” Verizon said: “WorldCom’s attacks on those rates here are the same ones that it and other long-distance incumbents have litigated and lost repeatedly,” before N.Y. PSC, Mass. Dept. of Telecom & Energy, FCC and several courts.