The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has reminded competitive local exchange carriers (LECs) benchmarking their tariffed rates to competing incumbent LECs to file interstate tariff revisions, as necessary, by July 17, 2024. The Bureau encourages competitive LECS to make this filing after the competing incumbent LEC’s interstate access charge tariffs become effective on July 2, 2024.
Competitive LECs are prohibited from filing tariffed rates for interstate switched exchange access services that are higher than the benchmark rate (i.e., the rate charged for similar services by the competing incumbent LEC). If an incumbent LEC to which a competitive LEC benchmarks its rates lowers its rates, the competitive LEC must revise its rates to the lower level within 15 days of the effective date of the lowered incumbent LEC rate.
