FCC: we don't need no steenkin line sharing

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:22:57 -0500
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Subject: FCC: we don't need no steenkin line sharing

"The Commission has before it a petition for declaratory ruling filed
by BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc.  (BellSouth)  regarding issues
stemming from the Triennial Review Order. As explained below, because
the Commissions national unbundling rules in the Triennial Review Order
directly address the primary issue raised by BellSouth, we grant
BellSouths petition to the extent described in this Order.

"Specifically, applying section 251(d)(3)  of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended (the Act), we find that a state commission may not
require an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC)  to provide digital
subscriber line (DSL)  service to an end user customer over the same
unbundled network element (UNE)  loop facility that a competitive LEC
uses to provide voice services to that end user.

"For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that state decisions
that impose such an obligation are inconsistent with and
substantially prevent the implementation of the Act and the
Commissions federal unbundling rules and policies set forth in
the Triennial Review Order that implement sections 251(c) .....

rest at:

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-78A1.txt [a]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-78A1.doc [b]
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-05-78A1.pdf [c]

[a] messy ascii
[b] Word Doc
[c] PDF

(most FCC material is available in all three forms. URLs are identical
except for the trailing extension).

Further info on the main FCC page: http://www.fcc.gov

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