Mont. PSC concluded Qwest met requirements of Telecom Act Sec. 27...
Mont. PSC concluded Qwest met requirements of Telecom Act Sec. 272 for interLATA long distance entry. AT&T had objected to PSC hearing examiner’s preliminary conclusion in Feb. that Qwest met requirement to demonstrate it would be providing in-region interLATA…
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services through structurally separate affiliate and that it in no way would discriminate in favor of that affiliate. PSC dismissed all of AT&T’s objections, saying that if they were to stand, Qwest wouldn’t be able to make any advance preparations for its eventual in- region interLATA entry. PSC (Case D2000-5-70) said AT&T had produced no convincing evidence that Qwest might in future discriminate against competitors or that Qwest wasn’t in compliance with Sec. 272’s requirements. PSC said there had been some past issues on full separation of Qwest’s local exchange and interexchange units but company had taken action to address those issues and bring itself into compliance.