telecomm deregulation legislation...?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Suzanne Johnson <sjohnson () pobox com>
Date: May 15, 2007 2:42:21 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: telecomm deregulation legislation...?





Dave..possibly for IP...

Has this been happening in other states...?

A piece of NV state legislation  (NV AB 518) which appears to be a  
telecomm/datacomm consumer horror ,  has been working it's way  
through our Assembly and Senate.  I'm wondering if this type of  
legislation has  passed in other states,  and if so, what has been,  
or can be done to restore the  protection usually afforded by the PUC?

(see here for text and history: ) http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/ 
Reports/history.cfm?ID=1074

what this bill appears to do includes:

o  4 yr rate cap, first three are hard cap, 4th is soft..where rates  
can go up $1.00/month for basic local service...after that...???

o  NRS 704.120 is repealed.  This is what gives the PUC jurisdiction  
over everything that has to do with POTS (Plain Old Telephone  
Service) and datacomm.

o  basically, everything that people normally would complain to the  
PUC about  relating to telecomm and datacomm (except lifeline  
service) would no longer be possible.
o  far as I can tell, this would put everything related to POTS  
(except lifeline service) into the same netherworld as payphones and  
wireless.  No access to PUC, or oversight by them.

o  Sec. 15-17, which appear now to have been removed, made it illegal  
for someone to wire their own premises.  Though  aimed at developers  
building large buildings, it would also have affected a school or  
ranch wanting to wire their own campus for a LAN .  These sections  
would not only have prohibited doing your own wiring, but would have  
made doing so punishable by denial of basic phone service.


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