Mich. PSC advised Ameritech that if it were to rule now on telco’...
Mich. PSC advised Ameritech that if it were to rule now on telco’s Sec 271 compliance, it would have to conclude Ameritech had flunked 4 of 14 points on Telecom Act’s local competition checklist. PSC said it issued preliminary…
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report to “forewarn” Ameritech that it must “redirect” its efforts if it wanted agency to endorse interLATA long distance bid to FCC. PSC said Ameritech (Case U-12320) fell short of meeting Point 2 (access to network elements) because of serious inadequacies in handling unbundled network element (UNE) transfers when customer switched service from one CLEC to another. Those inadequacies could have “grave potential effect” on development of local competition, PSC said, and directed that Ameritech file by Jan. 9 its plan for addressing that “most serious” 271 compliance problem. PSC said Ameritech failed to meet Point 4 (local loop transport) for its handling of line splitting. It said Ameritech must allow separate migrations of voice and data portions of split line and must streamline ordering and provisioning processes for UNE platforms where line splitting is involved. Agency said Ameritech would flunk on Point 7 (access to 911 and directory assistance databases) because its DA listing charges weren’t cost based and Point 10 (access to signaling and network databases) because it wasn’t offering access to calling name database as separate UNE.