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N.Y. PSC’s reduction in rates for unbundled network elements (UNE...

N.Y. PSC’s reduction in rates for unbundled network elements (UNEs) means FCC has to reject Verizon’s pending Sec. 271 application for R.I. because prices there are based on old, higher N.Y. prices, AT&T told FCC in ex parte filing…

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Fri. Verizon has “defended” its R.I. rates on ground they're comparable with rates approved by N.Y. PSC in 1997, AT&T said. Now that N.Y. regulators have decided those earlier rates should be reduced because don’t meet TELRIC (Total Element Long Run Incremental Cost) standard, Verizon’s R.I. application “plainly cannot be granted,” AT&T said.