The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) denied a request...
The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) denied a request by AT&T and Cox Telecom for oral hearings on a revised decision imposing $40,000 fines on each carrier for unlawful ex parte communications last year during a complaint case related…
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to the carriers’ obligation to keep 911 alive on disconnected phone lines. The companies (Case 05-11-011) said January revisions to the original June 2006 order effectively rewrote the ex parte ban, expanding it to include generic discussions of issues raised in particular complaint cases. The PUC disagreed with the carriers’ interpretation of the language and said nothing new is likely to emerge from oral hearings.