N.J. Gov.-elect James McGreevey (D) said he wanted Board of Publi...
N.J. Gov.-elect James McGreevey (D) said he wanted Board of Public Utilities to delay ruling on Verizon’s Sec. 271 interLATA long distance entry bid until there was significantly more residential local competition in state. McGreevey said he planned to…
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ask outgoing acting Gov. Donald DeFrancesco to request that BPU slow its consideration of Verizon’s compliance with Telecom Act requirements. He said Verizon’s residential local market share of well over 95% indicated there was little residential competition. He said BPU should wait for “a reasonable period of time” to determine whether its recent order for major cuts in Verizon’s unbundled network element (UNE) rates would have desired effect of spurring residential competition. Verizon opposed delay, saying market share was irrelevant to pending 271 case. Telecom Act’s 14-point checklist, Verizon noted, tests whether it has removed barriers to competitive local entry, and BPU’s task under Telecom Act is to decide whether Verizon meets 14 tests in checklist. “There’s no market share test in the checklist,” Verizon stressed. While state’s role in 271 process is advisory, no Bell company in recent years has gone to FCC until after it has received state regulators’ endorsement.