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Ohio Commissioners Clear AT&T, Time Warner ETC Requests

AT&T may give up eligible telecom carrier designation for remaining Ohio areas it didn’t earlier relinquish, the Ohio Public Utilities Commission agreed Wednesday. Commissioners voted 5-0 at a livestreamed meeting to approve the carrier’s Sept. 3 petition in 21-917-TP-UNC (see…

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2204040037). The PUC “finds that most of AT&T Ohio’s Lifeline customers in the relinquishment area will have one or more ETCs to choose from for their Lifeline service,” said Wednesday’s order. The commission carved out seven Lifeline customers identified by staff as lacking alternatives. Also, PUC members voted 5-0 to approve Time Warner Cable’s Oct. 25 petition to remove from its ETC-designated service area some census blocks where it no longer will receive Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support (docket 21-27-TP-UNC). Commissioners agreed to both items without discussion.