Special access purchasers rely heavily on five- and...

Special access purchasers rely heavily on five- and seven-year special access plans, and AT&T’s attempt to eliminate them will lead to increased rates, Sprint and XO told officials from the FCC Wireline Bureau and Office of General Counsel Thursday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/1eCFvUf). The companies repeated the points they made in their petitions to suspend and investigate AT&Ts tariff filing, they said. The FCC Wireline Bureau suspended AT&T’s latest tariff revision Dec. 9 and has five months to investigate and determine whether it’s reasonable (CD Dec 10 p1).