13. Criteria for Commission Approval of a Carrier's Termination of Service
A CLEC must continue providing local exchange service until its application to withdraw service is approved by the Commission. In deciding whether to approve a CLEC's application we consider the progress made toward migrating customers, the availability of alternatives, and the nature of the customer base that is in jeopardy of losing local service.
In its November 16, 2007 progress report, Applicant indicated that 30,398 customers (70% of its original affected customers) had switched to an alternate local service carrier, or had otherwise made firm arrangements to switch to another local carrier. By February 4, 2008, 39,439 customers had switched to alternate carriers.16 With the exception of the Playa Vista development, there is at least one alternative provider available to Applicant's customers, and those customers who have not switched to another local carrier should easily be able to obtain alternate local service. Also, as discussed below, default carriers have been designated to serve any of the Applicant's remaining customers who have not selected another carrier. We find no reason to deny Applicant's request to discontinue service; therefore, we grant Applicant's request.
16 Specifically, these numbers represent an 87% decrease in lines in service since July 2, 2007 for Verizon's service area, an 90% decrease for AT&T California's service area, and an 84% decrease in lines in service in Playa Vista. Progress Report of Time Warner Cable Information Services, February 6, 2008.
