CenturyLink Argues for Forbearance From 'Disparate Treatment'
CenturyLink was the only one of the top eight ethernet providers nationally that’s subject to dominant carrier and tariffing requirements, wrote Melissa Newman, senior vice president-federal policy and regulatory affairs, to the FCC, according to an ex parte filing posted…
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in docket 14-9 Wednesday. CenturyLink is seeking forbearance from tariffing regulations that are not required of other non-incumbents (see 1412170045). “There is simply no justification for this disparate treatment,” the letter said. The areas where the company is subject to the regulations are no less competitive than areas where other companies, including AT&T, Verizon and Frontier, have been granted the forbearance CenturyLink is seeking, Newman wrote.