FCC should release information that Bell companies submit to it a...
FCC should release information that Bell companies submit to it about local competition and broadband deployment so outside parties could draw better informed conclusions, Promoting Active Competition Everywhere (PACE) Coalition said in March 6 petition. PACE said information at…
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issue is filed by Bells in FCC Form 477 and was “the most comprehensive and consistent source of local competition information.” Commission doesn’t make those reports public, PACE said, even though they “could provide state-by-state time series data to evaluate, among other topics, the competitive penetration achieved by UNE (unbundled network element) loops used with and without local switching,” issue that’s important to PACE members. Without that information, it will be hard for parties to provide FCC with “the type of granular marketplace evidence that it has requested in its Triennial Review proceeding” on UNEs, PACE said.