Georgia Public Service Commission v. ALLTEL Georgia Communications Corp.

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

The Georgia Public Service Commission (Commission) appeals from the decision of the Superior Court of Fulton County which reversed the Commission’s order reducing the rates that ALLTEL Georgia Communications Corporation could charge long distance providers for use of ALLTEL’s telecommunications network within Georgia. We reverse for the reasons set forth below.

This case having already appeared before this Court and the Supreme Court of Georgia,1 we repeat the pertinent facts:

The appellants (collectively “ALLTEL”) are related companies and are “Tier 2” local exchange…