IP: Baby Bells Told To Expand High-speed Internet Service

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 14:54:40 -0400
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: David Chessler <chessler () usa net>
>
> So much for competition in the local market. If this gets passed, it's 
> dead, Jim. (See earlier messages on HR 1472)
>
> NewsScan Daily, 10 May 2001 ("Above The Fold")
>
> BABY BELLS TOLD TO EXPAND HIGH-SPEED INTERNET SERVICE
> The House Commerce Committee has approved a bill that would free regional
> Bell phone companies SBC, Verizon, Qwest, and BellSouth from requirements
> that they open their local phone markets to competition, but in exchange
> would require those companies to provide high-speed Internet service in 20%
> of their main switching centers within a year (and all of those centers
> within five years), either through conventional phone lines or through
> satellite or other wireless technologies. (AP/Washington Post 10 May 2001)
> http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7499-2001May10.html



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