FCC Bureau Ends Investigation of AT&T BDS Shortfall, Early Termination Fees
FCC staff ended a probe into AT&T business data service tariff revisions filed July 1 affecting volume shortfall penalties and early termination fees for its Pacific Bell Telephone Co. (PBTC) and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. (SWBT). The Wireline Bureau "suspended…
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the tariff revisions and initiated an investigation" July 15 (see 1607150062), said a bureau order in docket 15-247 listed in Monday's Daily Digest. "Based on additional filings by AT&T and revisions to the tariffs that became effective on August 30, 2016, we conclude that the issues raised in the July 15 Suspension Order have been resolved." The bureau said AT&T's additional compliance filings Aug. 15 "addressed the shortfall and early termination penalty issues identified in the Tariff Investigation Order by decreasing the penalty amounts to the lowest available Price Cap Zone 1 Channel Termination rate for both PBTC and SWBT.”