It’s a ’safe bet’ competitive telcos loathe Verizon’s latest forb...
It’s a “safe bet” competitive telcos loathe Verizon’s latest forbearance request for Virginia Beach (CD April 1 p8), a CLEC lawyer told us. Monday, Verizon filed a petition seeking relief from loop and transport unbundling requirements in parts of…
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Virginia Beach where Cox is the incumbent cable operator. The request is “exactly the same type of petition” as a pending Verizon forbearance petition for the Rhode Island market, the lawyer said. Both amount to a “regurgitation” of a Verizon petition the FCC denied in December (CD Dec 5 p1), the attorney said. In that petition, Verizon sought relief in Virginia Beach, Providence and four other East Coast markets. An FCC public notice on Virginia Beach forbearance setting a 30-day deadline for comments is expected soon, the lawyer said. But CLECs are expected to mention Virginia Beach when they comment April 7 on a CLEC motion to dismiss Verizon’s Rhode Island request.