BDS Comment Dates Set; High Court Confirms No Cert Petitions on 8th Circuit Ruling
Comments are due Jan. 14, replies Feb. 12 on FCC business data service NPRMs on treatment of incumbent telco transport offerings, says a proposed rule for Thursday's Federal Register (timetable). Responding to a partial court reversal and remand on procedural…
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grounds in August, the FCC in October proposed to scrap ex-ante pricing regulation of price-cap carrier TDM and other special-access transport (see 1810230032). It also sought comment on a pathway for ending such regulation of lower-capacity (DS3 and below) TDM transport of rate-of-return carriers electing a price-cap BDS regime. Meanwhile, a Supreme Court spokesperson confirmed Wednesday the clerk's office hasn't received cert petitions seeking review of the August ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals largely upholding the deregulatory 2017 BDS order, consistent with expectations (see 1811270060). Monday was the filing deadline.