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Firm Advisory NEW YORK PSC INITIATES INVESTIGATION OF CLEC SWITCHED ACCESS CONTRACTS On March 20, 2012, the New York Public Service Commission (“PSC”) issued an Order that effectively initiates a proceeding based on a Qwest Complaint alleging intrastate switched access rate discrimination by several named and to-be-named CLECs.1 The Qwest Complaint, which was filed nearly …
Firm Advisory FEDERAL COURT DECISIONS FAVOR RIGHTS OF CLECS The U.S. Supreme Court and a Federal District Court in Pennsylvania recently issued landmark decisions that significantly favor the rights of competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). In Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co., a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held that CLECs are entitled to …