[ale] OT: ? new decision by the FCC regarding UNE

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

a segment of a news release from an AT&T official:

"On the negative side, the FCC??s order grants the Bell companies vastly 
more deregulation than justified.  The Bells will be permitted to deny 
competitors access to hybrid fiber-copper loops, even for existing fiber 
and even in markets where customers have no alternatives to the Bell 
companies?? facilities, such as for small business customers.  The Bells 
will also be relieved of their existing line sharing obligations and 
receive deregulation of new fiber-to-the-home facilities.

In short, in one fell swoop, the FCC granted the Bell companies the 
broadband deregulation they have so aggressively sought for some five 
years.  Policymakers should monitor closely the level of the Bells?? 
future investments to see if this radical deregulation fosters the 
extravagant investment in next-generation high-speed fiber networks the 
Bells have promised, or whether the Bells?? assurances represent simply 
another empty promise designed to kill competition rather than foster 
innovation."

Someone explain to me why Bellsouth would spend any money to create this 
new fiber network, when they can just keep raking in the dough...

So, let's see how this deregulation increases competition.  I forsee the 
shutdown of many of the existing alternative ISPs as well as no more new 
ones.

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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