Utah and Neb. regulators acted on Qwest unbundling rates. Utah P...
Utah and Neb. regulators acted on Qwest unbundling rates. Utah PSC ruled against Qwest’s applying monthly recurring charge to CLECs that shared its lines. PSC said that since all recurring costs of loop already had been recovered through current…
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rates, and sharing created no additional recurring cost, monthly rate for shared line should be zero. Agency said Qwest could impose reasonable nonrecurring charges to cover sharing setup costs and reasonable recurring charges for any equipment CLEC leases from Qwest. PSC (Case 00-049-105) disregarded Qwest’s argument that shared loops should be priced according to market value rather than cost. It said market-value pricing of network sub-elements would be inconsistent with cost-based mandates of Telecom Act and FCC rules. Meanwhile, Neb. PSC cut Qwest unbundled loop rate average of 20% to $17.15 from $21.83. Deaveraged loop rates now are $12.14-$62.50, down from former $15.14-$77.92. Those are new interim rates, derived by formula from Qwest’s cost-based Colo. rates. PSC will open new proceeding to set permanent Qwest unbundled network element (UNE) rates after Qwest files its Sec. 271 long distance entry petition with FCC.