CLEC interests urged Ohio PUC to reject SBC/Ameritech’s recent re...
CLEC interests urged Ohio PUC to reject SBC/Ameritech’s recent request to roughly double its unbundled network element (UNE) rates. Coalition for Customer Choice, group allied with CLECs, said FCC data showed Ameritech’s Ohio profits grew 35% from 1997 through…
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2001 and were about $66 per Ohio line in 2001 compared to $50.38 average for rest of Ameritech states. CLEC group said Ameritech’s current claims of financial distress conflicted with documented profit history and claims to financial analysts in spring that it was posting gross profit of 42% on Ohio operations. CLECs said proposed increase in UNE rates was attempt by Ameritech to use regulatory process to stall competition.