In a meeting with FCC Staff, AT&T provided additional details about its proposed IP transition trials in Alabama and Florida. The information relates to AT&T’s: (1) ongoing outreach efforts to consumers in the Carbon Hill, AL and West Delray Beach, FL (also referred to as Kings Point) wire centers; and (2) continuing efforts to develop data collection and reports for various aspects of those trials. Significantly, AT&T’s
Ex Parte Statement also addressed concerns raised by various parties regarding its plans for discontinuing TDM service to customers in the trial wire centers by stating that it “does not currently anticipate seeking approval to grandfather any TDM service earlier than the second half of 2015.” AT&T also assured the FCC that it “fully understands and acknowledges that compliance with the Section 214 process is a necessary prerequisite to discontinuing services in the trial wire centers, as well as in the general TDM-to-IP transition.”
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