AT&T Makes Case on Cuba Connection Rules
AT&T said the FCC should remove the nondiscrimination condition on telecom services between the U.S. and Cuba. “This proposed new policy approach will provide optimal benefits to consumers,” AT&T said in reply comments to the FCC proposal on the condition.…
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AT&T was the only company that filed reply comments by our deadline. “As AT&T has described, consistent with the framework that the FCC applies to all other routes, removing the last vestige of traditional regulation to allow development of market-based arrangements would best encourage lower rates that would benefit users in both the United States and Cuba,” it said. Verizon disagreed with AT&T in the initial comment round (see 1604050042). “Verizon, which is among those U.S. carriers that have established direct links to Cuba, fails to show otherwise,” AT&T said. Reply comments were due at the FCC Monday in docket 11-80.