IP: LAWMAKERS URGE STRONGER TELECOM ACT ENFORCEMENT FROM FCC

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
>
>
> LAWMAKERS URGE STRONGER TELECOM ACT ENFORCEMENT FROM FCC
> Issue: FCC
>
> A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday sent a letter to Federal
> Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell urging him to adopt strict
> standards governing Baby Bell phone companies make their networks available
> to competitors. Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 local Bell
> companies must provide their competitors with access to the unbundled
> network elements (copper loops etc.) necessary to offer telecommunications
> services in Bell-controlled regions. "Congress enacted the 1996 Act in order
> to bring innovative voice and data services to all Americans from a
> multitude of service providers at reasonable prices," the lawmakers wrote.
> "Without better enforcement of the Act, we may soon regress to the days of
> monopoly telecommunications."
>
> [SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: David McGuire (Newsbytes.com)]
> <http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/14741-1.html>

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