FC: FCC will vote on broadband competition on Feb. 13

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:10:42 GMT
From: Daniel Berninger <dan () pulver com>
To: Declan Mccullagh <declan () well com>
Reply-to: Daniel Berninger <dan () pulver com>
Subject: FCC moving toward Tauzin-Dingell as *compromise*

Declan:

The final draft of the FCC's unbundling rules rollback implements 
provisions of the Tauzin-Dingell bill as a supposed *compromise*.

The Commission will vote on the rules February 13th at an open meeting.

The public comment period ends on Thursday (6th).  pulver.com arranged for 
telecom entrepreneurs and leaders in the Internet community to sign a 
letter in opposition to the rule changes.

http://www.pulver.com/reports/TDyetagain.pdf
http://www.pulver.com/reports/signers.html

The opposition letter focuses on the flawed premise motivating the rule 
changes - the FCC needs to *incent* the Bell companies to invest.

The letter points out Tauzin-Dingell conflicts with the precedent 
established by the Supreme Court in the TELRIC case - Bell company costs 
cannot serve as the basis for pricing policy.

Going against the Supreme Court makes it certain the rule changes will 
encounter court challenges.

The LATimes article about the controversy at URL below notes the FCC's 
final draft rules also usurp the role of Congress:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fcc3feb03.story

Please feel free to call with questions.

Best regards,

Dan

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