AT&T Tells Michigan PSC to Allow Future Action on IP-Based 911 Costs
Any Michigan Public Service Commission order on IP-based 911 should recognize that the technology is new and the record may need refreshing in a few years, AT&T said in Friday comments in docket U-20146. The PSC, which asked comment on…
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what costs should be reimbursed for IP-based 911 service providers, should give itself the option to later update its conclusions, AT&T said. “As the industry and the Commission gain experience, they will be in a better position to understand and appreciate how costs are incurred and how reimbursement requests for allowable costs should be evaluated.” Frontier raised concerns about conversion costs of service providers that aren't a county's 911 service provider. “These costs are substantial and do not appear to be explicitly addressed in the suggested Cost Categories,” it said. “These costs may include rerouting of circuits, interface testing, and ‘months' of project management.” Don’t base rates on “discreet measures such as the population of a county,” but rather “the actual circuit or numbers/location information stored for the routing of 9-1-1 call[s] to avoid any windfall profit or loss,” it said.