FCC should approve BellSouth’s Sec. 271 for La. because state reg...
FCC should approve BellSouth’s Sec. 271 for La. because state regulators there have made sure that company’s unbundled network element (UNE) rates are appropriate, local markets are open to competition and performance measurements are in place, La. PSC told…
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FCC in comments filed late Mon. PSC said it recently approved order that established “stiff self-executing penalties” if required technical processes weren’t in place within established deadlines. CLECs filing comments with FCC by Mon. deadline on BellSouth application for La. and Ga. had mixed messages. Mpower said that “after more than 3 years of effort [it] has been unable to achieve adequate access to BellSouth OSS [operation support systems] for data lines.” Mpower said “BellSouth’s databases for CLECs, and apparently for themselves as well, are often so inaccurate and incomplete as to be virtually useless to a competitive company.” Sprint said it opposed application for La. and Ga. because local markets weren’t fully open there: “In Georgia and Louisiana, residential competition has not been firmly established and Sprint questions the validity of the data used by BellSouth to support its market share estimates.” NewSouth Communications, on other hand, said “BellSouth has made significant strides in opening its local markets to competition over the past year” and its applications should be approved.