The Ill. Citizens Utility Board (CUB) asked a federal court to ha...
The Ill. Citizens Utility Board (CUB) asked a federal court to halt implementation of a state law enacted earlier this month that would allow sharply higher rates for SBC’s UNE if it took effect as scheduled June 9. The…
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CUB complaint in U.S. Dist. Court, Chicago, contended the new law (SB-885) “illegally circumvents the regulatory process and violates” the federal Telecom Act. The CUB said the bill, by mandating changes in certain inputs in the costing formulas for UNEs, would allow SBC to push its loop rate to $23 per line from today’s $12. The CUB said the Ill. Commerce Commission was in the midst of reconsidering SBC’s UNE rates when the law passed. The CUB petition joins a federal lawsuit filed May 16 by SBC’s local competitors that was due for a preliminary hearing today (May 29).