AFTER midnight -- the FCC decision on AT&T

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Erich M." <me () quintessenz org>
Date: October 12, 2007 7:48:36 AM EDT
To: Ethan Ackerman <eackerma () u washington edu>
Cc: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] midnight ET is deadline on FCC decision on AT&T

Ethan, Dave,

The ruling is out now. AT&T say they are happy about the ruling. The
three Republican governors supported the behemoth, the two Democrats
voted against.

The ruling says, as I understand the decision, that AT&T, Verizon and Co
do not have to submit the pricing of their new products - broadband
[wholesale] offers - prior to the FCC. I am not sure if this is all that
is interesting, as the FCC document really does have a complexity of its
own starting with terms and language.

http://www.fcc.gov/101207/FCC-07-180A1.pdf

Maybe Prof. Farber can translate this kind of circuit switched pidgin
dialect ;)

We watch these US proceedings that closely, as the issue is top on topic
here.

The EU-Commission sues Germany because incumbent Deutsche Telekom
refuses to let other providers into their new VDSL-Network. VDSL is a
mix of Fiber-to-the-Premises and Fiber-to-the-Node.

This week Vienna's municipial utility Wienstrom opened [had to open]
their vast citywide optical network to all providers [FTTP/FTTH]
Incumbent Telekom Austria got an advantage as usual. They were allowed
to buy the small existing "friendly custumer" base of Wienstrom and were
the first to offer a new broadband product. 2 Mbit symmetric for 30
Euros a month, half of the price the incumbent sold a comparable ADSL
product [2 MBit down,/ 384 KBit up] before.
10 Mbit/sec symmetric is 40 euros. Prices are expected to drop as soon
as more providers are connected to the fiber.

The eqquipment is from the Swedish company packetfront
http://www.packetfront.com/export/sites/default/doc_library/ 
PacketFront_DRG_230_datasheet.pdf
http://www.packetfront.com/export/sites/default/doc_library/ 
PacketFront_BECS_datasheet.pdf
Related news stories in German

http://futurezone.orf.at/produkte/stories/224013/


greetz
erich



Ethan Ackerman wrote:
> Greetings Dave,
> for IP if useful.
>
> Erich is correct that October 11th is the deadline, at which point
> certain commercial broadband services* of AT&T & BellSouth are
> 'de-regulated' unless the FCC comes out with an order before midnight.
>
> The original orders starting this, and giving the Oct. 11 deadline,  
> are here:
> http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-3048A1.pdf  
> - AT&T
> and
> http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-07-3049A1.pdf  
> - Bellsouth
>
> The "deregulation" under consideration is from 'common carriage'
> obligations - these obligations do include (among many other things)
> non-discrimination requirements sometimes referred to as "net
> neutrality" obligations. (47 usc 202 for the detail-oriented.)
>
> As the article says, Quest's similar application is still pending, and
> Verizon's similar petition was already granted.
>
> It should be noted that the FCC also can (and in the case of Qwest,
> did) extend the deadline without ruling on it. Tomorrow morning's
> press and orders list will tell us more....
>
>
> * = packet-based broadband over 200kbps and non-TDM-based optical  
> broadband
>
>
>
>
> On 10/11/07, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: "Erich M." <me () quintessenz org>
> > Date: October 11, 2007 3:51:56 PM EDT
> > To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> > Subject: midnight ET is deadline on FCC decision on AT&T
> >
> > Dave,
> > There is a FCC decision due at midnight Eastern time - at least the
> > deadline says so - on AT&T, Qwest and future [non]regulation of US  
> > fiber
> > optic networks.
> >
> > IMHO that is a ruling concerning net neutrality.
> >
> > I just wonder why there is not more praecox media fuzz going on  
> > before
> > in the US. Browsing the news at 21:44 Middle European summertime only
> > Reuters News Agency and my humble self seem to be interested in that
> > matter. ;)
> >
> > http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSPAR15975020071011
> >
> > greetz from Freud's Own City, Vienna
> > Erich
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