Ill. Commerce Commission (ICC) concluded SBC had met Telecom Act’...
Ill. Commerce Commission (ICC) concluded SBC had met Telecom Act’s Sec. 271 Track A requirement to demonstrate existence of local exchange competition in state and 8 of 14 points on 271’s open local market checklist, with remaining 6 points…
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not yet decided. ICC issued 400-page interim order (Case 01-0662) concluding Phase 1 of its Sec. 271 review for SBC interLATA long distance entry. ICC said SBC had produced indisputable evidence of actual business and residential competition from multiple rivals exclusively or predominantly using their own facilities. Referring to arguments whether effective local competition existed, ICC said Telecom Act didn’t require it to evaluate degree or effectiveness of competition but simply to confirm its presence in residential and business markets. On checklist, ICC said SBC complied with Point No.3 (access to poles), No. 7 (access to 911 and directory assistance), No. 8 (access to white pages listings), No. 9 (number administration), No. 11 (number portability), No. 12 (local dialing parity), No. 13 (reciprocal compensation), No. 14 (resale). ICC said compliance with remaining 6 points, all of which relate to SBC’s interconnection and network unbundling obligations and related operation support system (OSS) matters, in Phase 2 proceeding, also would address SBC’s wholesale performance assurance plan and actual performance data. Procedural schedule for that phase will be set soon.