A Texas Public Utility Commission hearing officer threw out a who...
A Texas Public Utility Commission hearing officer threw out a wholesale traffic blocking complaint by Grande Communications against Windstream Sugar Land on grounds that no interconnection agreement existed between the carriers. A PUC administrative law judge said the dispute…
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could be handled as a petition for arbitration of a disputed interconnection request. Grande alleged that Windstream began blocking its traffic and refusing to process facility orders unless disputed charges were paid. The ALJ (Case 34143) said an interconnection agreement between the carriers was voided in April, but the current dispute began with Grande’s May filing of a complaint letter. The ALJ said that without an interconnection agreement, Grande’s May letter can be treated as a request for interconnection, which would make the time window for requesting state dispute arbitration Sept. 14 to Oct. 9.