MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

AT&T Communications of Illinois, Inc. (AT&T), applied to the Illinois Commerce Commission (the Commission) to reclassify AT&T’s long distance telephone service as “competitive [throughout the State of Illinois] [because the] service, or its functional equivalent, or a substitute service, is reasonably available from more than one provider *** [in the entire State]” in accordance with section 13 — 502(b) of the Universal Telephone Service Protection Law of 1985 (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. lll2/3, par. 13—502(b)). Following a hearing in which MCI Telecommunications Corp. (MCI)…