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Verizon formally asked Md. PSC to endorse Sec. 271 interLATA long...

Verizon formally asked Md. PSC to endorse Sec. 271 interLATA long distance entry bid to FCC. Verizon told PSC case record showed it had “obviously and irreversibly” opened its local markets to competition. It said it had met all…

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14 points on Sec. 271 checklist. It said state’s 60 active CLECs were serving 466,000 local lines (11% share) through 580 colocation arrangements that gave CLECs access to 84% of Verizon’s local lines. It said it exchanged 17.5 billion traffic min. with Md. CLECs in 2001. Verizon has received long distance authority for N.Y., Mass., Pa., Conn., R.I., has long distance applications pending at FCC for Vt., N.J. and Me., and pending request with Va. regulators for that state’s support.