FCC Opens Probe of Aureon Tariffs Disputed by AT&T and Sprint, Sets Issues, Pleading Dates
FCC staff launched an investigation into Aureon access charge tariff revisions AT&T and Sprint challenged and the Wireline Bureau temporarily suspended (see 1803010017) before they took effect March 1. "We designate the following issues for investigation: (1) the appropriate benchmark…
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rate for Aureon’s interstate switched transport service; (2) the cost and demand data needed to support Aureon’s revised rate of $0.00576 per minute-of-use (MOU) pursuant to section 61.38 of the Commission’s rules; and (3) whether supporting cost information should be considered once the Commission determines the appropriate benchmark rate," said a bureau order in Friday's Daily Digest. "We also, on our own motion, waive Aureon’s annual access tariff filing requirement ... through July 1, 2019." The direct case of Aureon (Iowa Network Access Division) is due May 3, oppositions May 10 and rebuttal May 17. Aureon proposed revisions to comply with a November order that partially granted an AT&T complaint that the smaller company improperly charged for "centralized equal access" on traffic heading to CLECs engaged in "access stimulation." Questioning the methodology, AT&T and Sprint filed petitions objecting to the revisions.