D.C. PSC Clears AT&T to Abandon Some Business Services

AT&T and Teleport Communications may abandon certain business local exchange services in the District of Columbia, the D.C. Public Service Commission decided Monday. The companies may abandon the services Jan. 30, said the PSC order. The companies applied Oct. 9 to discontinue ALS digital trunks and prime digital trunk services because they said no business customers subscribe to them. The companies said they would continue selling other business services in D.C. and didn’t plan to abandon their competitive local exchange carrier certificates, the PSC said.