Re: HR 4445 Reciprocal Compensation

[Nathan Stratton <nathan () robotics net>]

On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, M. David Leonard wrote:

>       I hate to sound stupid, but isn't this the "ILECs put CLECs out 
> of business act?"  Exactly how will this impact any ISP that uses the 
> ILEC's facilities?

No way, I have helped setup 26 CLEC all over the US and I let every one of
them know that they should not base their business on reciprocal
compensation. There are still several ISPs that BUY PRIs from the ILECs,
as a CLEC you can setup one-way trunking and not pay for all your
incoming traffic.

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