FCC set Dec. 19 deadline for comment on AT&T request for declarat...
FCC set Dec. 19 deadline for comment on AT&T request for declaratory ruling that LECs must provide exchange access services to point of interface (POI) designated by interexchange companies (IXCs). Commission said AT&T had complained that “an increasing number…
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of LECs have taken the position that they only are required to provide cabling to a demarcation point within an IXC’s POP [point of presence] and that IXCs bear responsibility for any cabling from the demarcation point to the POI.” AT&T argued that such action was “inconsistent” with past industry practice. Ever since Bell system divestiture, LECs have been providing cabling all the way to POI, company told FCC. Replies are due Jan. 2.