NYPSC Probe Extension Was Reasonable, Verizon Says
Verizon fought a Communications Workers of America challenge to an extension granted by the New York Public Service Commission in the state’s probe of copper service quality. The PSC secretary last week granted Verizon’s request to extend its deadline for…
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filing testimony until 45 days after the end of the East Coast strike (see 1605120048). But CWA said the PSC acted too quickly to grant the request for more time (see 1605180042). The PSC didn’t take more time because the telco’s request was reasonable, Verizon said in a filing Monday. Meanwhile, Verizon and the CWA continued federal mediation to resolve the six-week-old East Coast strike, which analysts say has dented the company's wireline revenue (see 1605200060).