Promoting Active Competition Everywhere Coalition (PACE) petition...
Promoting Active Competition Everywhere Coalition (PACE) petitioned FCC last week to adopt procedures as part of its unbundled network element (UNE) triennial review proceeding. PACE petition said state PUCS should retain ability to decide whether minimum unbundling requirements should…
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take effect in their state. PACE Coalition said it still believed all existing UNE’s should be retained but said procedure should be established that would give PUCs “meaningful opportunity to apply their more proximate perspective on competitive conditions within their jurisdictions.” PACE Coalition asked FCC to issue public notice seeking comments on its triennial review notice of proposed rulemaking. Petition said Sec. 251 of Telecom Act gave state regulators authority to establish additional unbundling obligations as long as they were in line with Act. “While national minimum standards provide a useful floor to the competitive experiment, that floor is no substitute for considered state actions promoting competition,” petition said. PACE said states should determine “whether any reduction in federal minimums should be implemented in their jurisdiction, because only the states are able to comprehensively consider the effect of any potential reduction in ILEC unbundling obligations.” Petition said FCC should adopt baseline national list of UNEs that defined minimum obligations of ILECs. “It should leave to each state the decision as to whether those minimum requirements -- to the extent they constitute lesser unbundling obligations than those that exist today -- should be permitted to take effect in their state,” petition said.