Alaska Regulatory Commission (ARC) set interim unbundled loop rat...
Alaska Regulatory Commission (ARC) set interim unbundled loop rate for ACS of Anchorage at $14.92 rather than $24 incumbent carrier had sought, saying ACS’ proposed rate was based on “untested and unapproved” costing methodology. ACS in Doc. U-96-89 had…
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contended its running of FCC forward- looking cost model and its own internal cost model produced rate between $24 and $25. But rival General Communications Inc. (GCI) challenged rate on grounds ACS’s cost modeling wasn’t consistent with FCC’s rules and wasn’t model used by ACS in its Fairbanks or Juneau markets. GCI said cost modeling that followed FCC rules and methodology applied in ACS’s other Alaska markets produced $14.92 Anchorage loop rate. ARC agreed with GCI’s position, saying ACS had failed to show its modeling approach had regulatory approval at state or federal levels. Agency said it couldn’t order interim UNE rate based on cost modeling and data inputs that hadn’t been subjected to full regulatory scrutiny.