fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure

Sun Aug 7 21:33:10 UTC 2005

On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Tom Vest wrote:

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> On Aug 7, 2005, at 5:18 PM, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
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> > On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Randy Bush wrote:
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> >>>> Yes there is a major concern that the government has
> >>>> just ellminated every isp that is currently permitted
> >>>> to use another carriers dsl lines to provide
> >>>> service's.
> >>>>
> >>> will the ilec's start offering competitive services (not bw,
> >>> but non-dynamic ips or small blocks to end-users?)
> >>
> >> if their competition has been eliminated by fcc ruling, what
> >> does 'competitive' pricing mean?
> >
> > that which is set by the gov't rulings? :)
>
> In that case look to Australia for precedent -- and don't hold your
> breath.

phew! I know one happy phone company/ilec employee!