Cincinnati Bell Telephone files for PUCO rehearing.CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 1995--Cincinnati Bell Telephone (CBT (Computer-Based Training) Using the computer for training and instruction. CBT programs are called "courseware" and provide interactive training sessions for all disciplines. ) today filed a request for rehearing rehearing n. conducting a hearing again based on the motion of one of the parties to a lawsuit, petition or criminal prosecution, usually by the court or agency which originally heard the matter. with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) is an agency of Federal State of Ohio that is charged with the regulation of utility service providers such as those of electricity, natural gas, and telecommunications as well as railroad safety and intrastate hazardous (PUCO PUCO Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (Columbus, Ohio) PUCO Pacific University College of Optometry (Forest Grove, Oregon) ) regarding the Aug. 24 granting of a certificate to Time Warner Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX), formerly known as AOL Time Warner, is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City, with major operations in film, television, publishing, Internet service and telecommunications. to provide local telephone service. In its application, CBT is using the regulatory process to ask the PUCO to reconsider its certification of Time Warner. The application for a rehearing is based upon at least eight aspects of the PUCO's ruling. They include whether the PUCO has the authority under Ohio law to grant certification, whether the limitations placed upon the presentation of evidence at the May 31, 1995 public hearing were reasonable, and whether limiting the issues to Time Warner's technical, financial and managerial qualifications provided sufficient basis to support the granting of a certificate. "Among the points raised by CBT in the request for rehearing," said Barbara J. Stonebraker, senior vice president of CBT, "is that the public interest should have been determined prior to the issuance of a certificate. The law in Ohio outlines how the process should work and it has not been followed. "Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio and its nearby suburbs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. Telephone remains committed to seeking the right solutions for all customers. We have consistently stated that local telephone competition is a dramatic public policy change that requires proper procedures and public input to ensure consumer safeguards." The introduction of new competitors, if not properly handled, could lead to increases in the cost of residential telephone service for many Ohioans, Stonebraker continued. "We believe the potential for price increases is a surprise to most Ohioans. This and other important issues should be of great concern to the telephone consumers of Ohio. Those issues have not yet been addressed," said Stonebraker. Cincinnati Bell Telephone provides modern telecommunications products and services in a three-state area including portions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. The company has 897,000 access lines and has customers in an area covering more than 2,400 square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. . CONTACT: Cincinnati Bell Telephone, Cincinnati Dick Hammersmith, 513/397-1050 |
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