BellSouth’s systems in Ga. and La. ‘have gotten even worse’ in re...
BellSouth’s systems in Ga. and La. “have gotten even worse” in recent weeks, WorldCom told FCC in reply comments urging agency not to grant BS Sec. 271 application for those 2 states. WorldCom said problems with BS operational support…
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systems (OSS) were more severe than what Dept. of Justice thought when it raised concerns about company’s OSS issues last week. BellSouth tried earlier this month to implement “one of the more straightforward OSS enhancements” to enable competitors to “migrate” customers by telephone number and name without having to provide address. Although other Bell companies have been able to do that, “BellSouth’s efforts have caused substantial problems that immediately doubled WorldCom’s reject rate,” WorldCom said. Consumer Federation of America urged rejection, arguing local phone markets weren’t open to competition yet and granting Sec. 271 petitions would lessen chance that they ever would be. BellSouth said FCC should “rely on the substantial record developed by 2 state commissions rather than the unsubstantiated assertions by competitors.” “Over the last several years, the state public service commissions in Georgia and Louisiana have examined every aspect of local competition and we've received unequivocal endorsements,” BellSouth said in statement.