IP: Well, here is something that may prove you right about Michael Powell

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 11:54:12 -0700
> From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger () ultradevices com>
> Organization: UltraDevices Inc.
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> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: Well, here is something that may prove you right about Michael Powell
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal
>   Communications Commission Chairman
>   Michael Powell has asked Congress to
>   increase to $10 million the financial
>   penalties the agency can impose on dominant local telephone
>   companies for failing to provide competitors access to their networks.
>
>   "In some cases, competitive local exchange carriers may have been
>   stymied by practices of incumbent local exchange carriers that appear
>   designed to slow the development of local competition," Powell said in
>   a May 4 letter to lawmakers made available on Monday.
>
> http://news.excite.com/news/r/010507/12/tech-telecoms-fcc-dc
>
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> Robert J. Berger
> UltraDevices, Inc.
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