FCC Suspends AT&T Special Access Tariffs for Investigation

The Federal Communications Commission found that there are substantial questions regarding the lawfulness of AT&T’s special access tariff revisions that require further investigation. A number of affected companies filed petitions to reject or suspend and investigate the elimination of certain term discount plans contained in AT&T’s tariff revisions and the petitions collectively cite a number of concerns about the tariff filings and raise questions about whether they comply with the FCC’s rate regulations and whether they are anticompetitive or otherwise violate the Communications Act of 1934.