FCC said it would investigate tariffs filed in mid-Dec. by 54 rur...
FCC said it would investigate tariffs filed in mid-Dec. by 54 rural telcos complying with agency’s new MAG access charge reform process. Tariffs went into effect Jan. 1 after one-day suspension, but at same time investigation was instituted. In…
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order issued Mon., FCC Common Carrier Bureau said investigation was warranted “because of the complex nature of the tariff filings, the interrelationship between certain individual carrier tariffs and the NECA tariffs and the issues raised by GCI and AT&T.” AT&T presented compelling arguments about 15 of those tariffs, bureau said, including whether: (1) Some LECs failed to correctly allocate line port costs from local switching category to common line category. (2) Some misallocated TIC (transport interconnection charge) costs. (3) Tariff filed by ACS of Anchorage was unlawful. (4) Several carriers failed to submit sufficient cost support information. FCC said it also found that GCI raised “substantial questions of lawfulness warranting investigation of ACS’ tariff.” Bureau said that in addition to concerns raised by those carriers, it had additional questions about tariffs filed by all 54 LECs. For example, “in some cases, it appears that the cost reallocations were not applied to the proper baseline revenue requirement amount,” agency said. In general, it said errors could affect development of common line revenue requirement “and thus the appropriate levels for charges recovering the common line revenue requirements.”