Verizon, FiOS, and CLEC/UNE orders (was AT&T diversity)

Wed Mar 21 21:00:20 UTC 2012

On 3/21/2012 1:56 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "William Herrin"<bill at her
>
>> The hinky part is that the FCC decided that copper pairs are an
>> unbundled element but PONS wavelengths and Coaxial cable frequency
>> channels are not. So, Verizon doesn't have to share access to FIOS and
>> Comcast doesn't have to share access to the coax.
>
> So why is it, then, that Vision Cable-Bright House-Advance/Newhouse Cable
> Partnership (which is what the payroll checks have said since about 1979)
> *is* required to provide competitive cablemodem access on their HFC plant?
>
> (I can get RoadRunner, their own brand, or Earthlink, or the local provider
> Internet Junction...)
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra

That's probably a local requirement. It's not a Federal requirement. 
Though, some cable companies do provide wholesale services even when not 
required.

Look at ATT and others trying to get state-wide franchise agreements. 
They are trying to avoid having smaller areas tell them what to do, if 
they want to serve an area.

--John