The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission refused to reconsider a...
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission refused to reconsider an August order requiring Cincinnati Bell to recover its payments to the state universal service fund through a line-item surcharge on customer phone bills. The telco sought a waiver of the…
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pass-through billing rule on ground that its costs to alter its billing system for Indiana accounts would significantly exceed its annual liability to the state fund. It offered to pay its universal service liability from general revenue. The URC (Case 43476) reaffirmed its earlier order that a statewide agreement settling state universal service fund disputes, binding on all local exchange providers, required that fund contributions be passed along to customers in bills and provided for no exceptions. It said Cincinnati Bell was merely rehashing unsuccessful arguments it made in the original hearings.