The FCC should stay an order finding that Verizon unlawfully mark...

The FCC should stay an order finding that Verizon unlawfully marketed to departing phone customers, the Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance said Thursday. Verizon said it would appeal the order (CD June 25 p5) if it didn’t get a stay by Thursday this week. “The order imposes a disparate playing field and favors improperly one class of providers over another,” ITTA said. “Local exchange carriers… no longer resemble monopolies that could potentially thwart budding competition. Instead, ITTA members are losing lines every month in a robustly competitive marketplace.” Barring retention marketing “stunt[s] unnecessarily” the development of an “informed customer,” it added.