CforAT, TURN Want No Mercy for Verizon in TracFone Migration

Don’t waive penalties for Verizon's failing to move more than 170,000 TracFone customers to its network in California, said Center for Accessible Technology and The Utility Reform Network in a Friday letter. The consumer groups urged the California Public Utilities Commission to deny Verizon’s request for another year to migrate customers. It’s “a transparent attempt by Verizon to avoid the mitigation conditions, including fines, imposed in the decision approving the merger and escape the consequences of its own inaction,” wrote CforAT and TURN: The carrier appears to be “insufficiently committed” to the migration. CforAT legal counsel Paul Goodman told us about his group’s concerns earlier last week (see 2306080055).