USTelecom Pushing for Nationwide Unbundling Forbearance
Prices for residential voice services "will be constrained by fierce competition" even if the FCC grants an industry petition for forbearance from a requirement that ILECs unbundle and resell DS0 loops to competitive carriers, USTelecom said, posted to docket 18-141…
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Friday. USTelecom continues to push for nationwide forbearance on the broadband side, too, but said the agency should at least forbear from unbundling requirements from DS0 loops in census blocks with competition from a cable provider offering broadband service at speeds of at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream. The group also asked for forbearance from unbundling requirements for DS1 and DS3 loops in both census blocks with competition from a cable provider offering service at speeds of at least 25/3 Mbps upstream, and in counties deemed competitive by the FCC in the broadband data services proceeding. A draft order on the forbearance petition is set for a vote on at commissioners' July 10 meeting (see 1906190044).