Fla. PSC staff urged agency to disregard customer base in determi...
Fla. PSC staff urged agency to disregard customer base in determining when incumbent telcos must pay CLECs reciprocal local compensation at higher tandem rate. Case 00-0075-TP to set qualification rules for tandem compensation is on PSC’s Dec. 5 meeting…
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agenda. Staff said CLEC should qualify for tandem rate if its switch were capable of serving geographic area comparable with that served by incumbent’s tandem switch, or if CLEC switch performed trunk-to-trunk switching functions similar to those of incumbent’s tandem switch and CLEC has designated phone numbers for exchanges within tandem coverage area. Staff urged rejection of BellSouth and Verizon position that CLECs must be compensated at lower end-office rate unless they are providing dial tone to actual customers within comparable geographic tandem area. PSC staff said FCC rules allow tandem-rate compensation when CLECs have comparable geographic coverage, but don’t require comparable customer base within coverage area. Staff also said CLECs’ geographic tandem coverage area could be “roughly the same size but not necessarily identical” to incumbent’s area and still qualify for tandem rate.