Ala. PSC voted unanimously to endorse BellSouth’s interLATA long ...
Ala. PSC voted unanimously to endorse BellSouth’s interLATA long distance entry bid to FCC. Action came one week after FCC approved BellSouth Sec. 271 long distance entry petitions for Ga. and La. BellSouth applauded PSC for its “thorough and…
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timely” evaluation of BS compliance with Telecom Act’s open local market requirements, and said it would be filing for Ala. at FCC soon. BellSouth said 84 CLECs collectively served more than 250,000 access lines in state for 9% overall share, and predicted Ala. phone users would reap major savings once there was complete competition in both local and long distance services. AT&T said it was disappointed with PSC decision because most recent FCC local competition report showed local competition had declined to just 5% share overall and less than 1% share of residential market. AT&T also said PSC should have paid more attention to evidence from other BS states that competitors continued to experience significant problems in dealing with BS.