Cal. PUC Comr. Geoffrey Brown, presiding over a 911 complaint cas...
Cal. PUC Comr. Geoffrey Brown, presiding over a 911 complaint case, said AT&T and Cox Telecom may have conducted improper ex-parte communications with personal advisors to PUC members regarding motions to stay the complaint proceeding. At issue is a…
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complaint by consumer group UCAN alleging AT&T and Cox violated PUC requirements that all phone connections be able to connect 911 calls, regardless of whether there is an active customer account for that line. According to Brown, on June 15 a meeting occurred between AT&T and Cox officials and a PUC member’s advisors at which the companies allegedly discussed a motion to stay this complaint case until it was determined if the PUC would address the companies’ joint motion, in the PUC’s general local competition rulemaking, to address all local providers’ 911 “warm line” obligations. Brown gave the companies until Fri. to report all direct or indirect contacts with any PUC decision-maker in connection with the complaint case, and told UCAN to file any information it has about the alleged improper ex-parte contacts. He set a July 7 hearing on the ex-parte filings. The complaint case itself is set for hearings July 31.