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SWITCHED ACCESS RATES FOR U.S. WEST

No. 21168.

618 N.W.2d 847 (2000)

2000 SD 140

In the Matter of the ESTABLISHMENT OF SWITCHED ACCESS RATES FOR U.S. WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. U.S. West Communications, Inc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. AT & T Communications of the Midwest Inc., Sprint Communications Company, L.P., MCI Telecommunications Corporation, Telecommunications Action Group and Dakota Telecommunications Group, Intervenors and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 8, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Welk and Tamara A. Wilka of Boyce, Murphy, McDowell & Greenfield, Sioux Falls, SD, Attorneys for petitioner and appellant.

John S. Lovald of Olinger, Lovald, Robbennolt and McCahren Pierre, SD, Attorneys for appellee AT & T.

Thomas H. Harmon of Tieszen Law Office, Pierre, SD, Attorney for appellee Sprint.

Andrew Jones, Kansas City, MO, Attorney for appellee Sprint.

David A. Gerdes of May, Adam, Gerdes and Thompson, Pierre, SD, Attorneys for appellee MCI.

Robert C. Riter, Jr. of Riter, Mayer, Hofer, Wattier & Brown, Pierre, SD, Attorneys for appellee Tele. Action Group.

Rolayne Ailts Wiest, Special Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, SD, Attorney for appellee PUC.

SABERS, Justice

[¶ 1.] The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) approved an incremental rate increase for U.S. West's switched access service over a three-year period. The circuit court affirmed. US West appeals. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Essential to the operation of the telecommunications systems is the switched access service. This "noncompetitive service" facilitates communication between consumers who have chosen different...

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