New Mexico Public Regulation Commission members elected Sandy Jon...
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission members elected Sandy Jones chairman, choosing David King as vice-chair, the commission said Friday. The day before, the commission approved a stipulation signed by Qwest but not SkyWi declaring that the warring companies would…
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give customers 10 business days’ notice before Qwest disconnects SkyWi. That conflict led Qwest last month to cut off the VoIP provider (CD Jan8 p9). The Commission ordered SkyWi to warn customers that Qwest will discontinue service if it learns from Qwest of plans to cut off SkyWi service. SkyWi said it didn’t want to sign the stipulation because it has a request pending in Albuquerque U.S. district court for a preliminary injunction against anticompetitive behavior in New Mexico by Qwest, the commission said. The court was to hear that request Jan. 13. State legislators from southern New Mexico want the commission to keep regulating telecom service and quality, Commissioner King said. “They have a great deal of concern regarding this particular incident,” he said in a statement. “They have indicated to me that if there are any loopholes in the state law, they intend to bring legislation in the upcoming session to correct it.” Qwest said 98 to 99 percent of SkyWi customers have service and that the 25 to 50 customers still lacking service soon would have it, said the commission.