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FCC unanimously approved Verizon’s long distance application for ...

FCC unanimously approved Verizon’s long distance application for Vt. Wed. Commission said competing carriers in that state now served 21,500 lines and 5,600 lines using unbundled network elements or their own facilities. Remaining 15,900 lines are provided by competitors…

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through resale. So far, Verizon has received long distance authority for N.Y., Mass., Pa., Conn., R.I., and has applications pending at FCC for N.J. and Me. and pending request with Va. regulators for that state’s support. Dept. of Justice in Feb. had recommended that FCC approve Verizon’s Sec. 271 application in Vt., urging Commission to carefully review concerns by several CLECs about Verizon’s pricing of unbundled network elements in that state.