EarthLink Asks FCC Enforcement Bureau To Resolve 2004 Complaint Against SBC
EarthLink asked the FCC Enforcement Bureau to resolve a Communications Act sections 201 and 202 complaint the company filed in 2004 against SBC Communications and SBC Advanced Solutions, saying in a letter posted Tuesday that “the delay has been extraordinary.”…
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EarthLink had brought a complaint against the SBC entities over practices related to SBC's wholesale asynchronous digital subscriber line service that EarthLink said violated sections 201(b) and 202(a). EarthLink said it attempted to address the violations directly with SBC before filing the complaint and followed prescribed complaint rules. The bureau did a full investigation, collecting information on the complaint through January 2005, EarthLink said. The company said it never received an explanation of the delay, saying federal courts have ordered the FCC “to act on matters that were pending for significantly less time.”