More on CPUC and AT&T landlines
More on this. The judge accuses AT&T of misrepresenting/lying about
key facts. The judge's recommendation to the CPUC is based on a fairly
technical reading of the Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) rules. He
recommends that the CPUC initiate a new rulemaking to examine how the
COLR rules should be updated to account for technology changes, but
also notes that the alternatives that AT&T suggested to landlines
(wireless, cable VoIP, etc.) are not available in all areas, not
adequate in all areas, and that those other firms under current rules
are not even obligated to serve everyone who wants access to them.
He also says that AT&T should not be permitted to file a new
application to be relieved of COLR obligations until at least a year
after the conclusion of this new proceeding regarding the revising of
COLR rules -- a proceeding that itself is likely to be very
controversial.
The bottom line is that I suspect -- assuming the CPUC votes in
accordance with the judge which is considered very likely (it would be
highly controversial if they didn't), that this issue (as far as
subscribers are concerned) is probably pushed down the line (no pun
intended) a couple of years at least, but nothing is certain until the
CPUC votes and even then there will be many open questions about this
new proceeding that the judge recommends. -L
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