The Kan. Corporation Commission (KCC) ruled that paging companies...
The Kan. Corporation Commission (KCC) ruled that paging companies must begin contributing to the state universal service fund. They previously had been exempt. The KCC in a docket opened in May (Case 03-GIMT-932-GIT) addressed universal service concerns raised by…
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its staff and the Citizens Utility Board. The KCC also ruled that, starting Nov. 1, all carriers must report their retail revenues from the intrastate portion of fixed-rate calling plans, with the intrastate usage allocation determined on the basis of annual studies. The KCC deferred to a future docket a Verizon Wireless suggestion that Internet-based telecom providers also should pay universal service assessments. In another matter, the KCC granted an SBC motion to require that CLECs must provide the commission and SBC certain specific information about their own win-back and customer retention programs. SBC made that motion in the KCC investigation into SBC’s win-back efforts. SBC said that while the programs of CLECs were not at issue in the docket, it said the data from the CLECs would support its contention that its practices and promotions were a fair response to competitors’ win-back practices. Hearings in that docket (Case 02-GIMT-678-GIT) are to begin Nov. 3.