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Verizon Business is seeking permission to “grandfather DS0...

Verizon Business is seeking permission to “grandfather DS0 private line service” so that no new customers can purchase the service, it told FCC Wireline Bureau officials Tuesday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1g6Kpaz). DS0 service offers speeds of 64 kbps…

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or less. Pan Am Railways and National Fuel Gas Co., which have raised concerns about the loss of that service, “would be able to retain their DS0 private line service in accordance with their contractual terms and conditions,” Verizon said. “Granting Verizon Business’s application to grandfather DS0 private line service is in the public interest,” it said. “Existing customers can continue to purchase the service, but no new customers for this outdated legacy service will be accepted."