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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Terry Goddard</p>           PHOENIX, Ariz. (Legal Newsline)-Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is urging the Federal Communications Commission to deny Qwest Communication's request to deregulate the rates it charges to carriers that lease its lines.<br /> <br />In his letter, the Democratic attorney general said he is worried that completion could be harmed if Qwest's request for forbearance in Phoenix and three other markets is granted.<br /><br />\"Given the apparent success of Phoenix's competitive market, I am deeply concerned about a change that would remove Qwest's requirement to make available portions of the public switched network at cost-based rates,\" Goddard wrote. <br /><br />If the forbearance is approved, Qwest would be allowed to charge local exchange carriers more than the regulated, wholesale rate for space on its network.<br /><br />The Arizona Corporation Commission too has sent a letter to the FCC expressing opposition to Denver-based Qwest's plan.<br /><br />Qwest has also sought forbearance for Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Seattle.  A decision from the FCC is due by the end of July. <br /><br /><i>From Legal Newsline: Reach reporter Chris Rizo by e-mail at chrisrizo@legalnewsline.com.</i> <br /><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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