The Utah PSC called for comment by Sept. 24 on proposed rules to ...
The Utah PSC called for comment by Sept. 24 on proposed rules to protect customers when telecom carriers plan to terminate service and exit the state. The rules would require an exiting carrier to notify the PSC at least…
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50 days before its departure. It would have to give the same advance notice to the state Div. of Public Utilities, each 911 district, carriers that provided underlying facilities via resale or unbundling and the national numbering administrator. The carrier would have to give customers at least 30 days’ notice and provide them with a list of alternative providers. The company would have to provide an oral notice to customers of intent to terminate during the final 15 days of its service. If the exiting carrier controlled the only facilities for providing basic service, it must give 120 days’ notice to the PSC and other local exchange carriers, giving the other carriers 40 days to express their intent to take over the departing carrier’s facilities.