Opinion ID: 1340144
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Waiver of rural exemptions

Text: Time Warner complains the Commission should not have based its ruling on the company's failure to seek a waiver of the Rural LECs' rural exemption under federal law. The Commission's order notes that Time Warner was not seeking a waiver of the Rural LECs' rural exemption under federal law. This exemption provides that a rural company need not interconnect until a bona fide request is received and the state commission finds it is not economically burdensome, is technically feasible, and otherwise complies with federal law. [4] On rehearing, however, the Commission emphasized that the rural exemptions were not dispositive of any of the issues in this proceeding. Time Warner's argument is therefore without merit. Accordingly, the circuit court's order affirming the denial of Time Warner's application is AFFIRMED. TOAL, C.J., WALLER, PLEICONES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.