WorldCom’s MCI Communications unit asked Ga. PSC to require BellS...
WorldCom’s MCI Communications unit asked Ga. PSC to require BellSouth to provide its retail DSL service over loops WorldCom leased and to unbundle voice-frequency portion of its DSL loops for sale to CLECs as unbundled network element platform (UNE-P).…
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WorldCom said BellSouth’s refusal to place its DSL services on CLEC-leased loops or to unbundle voice portion of its DSL loops was anticompetitive, discriminatory and breach of carriers’ interconnection agreement. BellSouth urged PSC to reject plea, saying WorldCom could resell BS DSL to its voice customers. It said its policies against subloop unbundling of DSL loops were consistent with FCC unbundling rules, and said Commission didn’t require it to provide its data services on loops leased by competitors. Fla. PSC, ruling on complaint by CLEC Fla. Digital Network ordered BellSouth to provide its retail DSL services on loops leased to CLECs but denied request for subloop unbundling of packet-switching functions of its DSL loops.