Colorado Public Utilities Commission staff argued its case in the state’s ongoing telecom...
Colorado Public Utilities Commission staff argued its case in the state’s ongoing telecom overhaul, in reply comments posted Friday (http://bit.ly/TqW3UE). The state shouldn’t tie its high-cost USF fund to effective competition rulings, staff argued. Colorado should also retain 911 obligations…
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on a “technology neutral” basis, anticipating next-generation 911 systems, the staff said. The commission should continue to oversee service quality and receive consumer complaints -- and it should “update its service quality rules and require compliance on a technology neutral basis,” staff recommended. The PUC “has and should assert authority over Internet Protocol to Internet Protocol ('IP-to-IP') interconnection,” the comments said. It should skip the FCC debates over VoIP’s definition, and simply say VoIP is a technology and provide no definitions, staff said. Its comments frequently compared and contrasted the different industry positions on these questions in detailed charts. Staff submitted its reply comments well after the deadline due to travel delays (CD Sept 21 p10).