Re: HR 4445 Reciprocal Compensation

[David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>]

Unnamed Administration sources reported that William Allen Simpson said:
> "To exempt from reciprocal compensation requirements telecommunications 
> traffic to the Internet. "
>
> Anybody know about this?  Seems like it kills payments by ILECS to CLECs 
> for dialups, when the calls are to an ISP.  Note, only _TO_ an ISP; 
> folks wanting to provide voice are still required to pay ILECs for 
> traffic _from_ an ISP.
>
> Is this the "ILECs put ISPs out of business" act?

Yes. 

Per folks in telecom regulation field; that's exactly what
the Bells want. And they all pulling out all the stops,
lobby-wise.

They screwed up BIG time by *demanding* recip comp. They now want
the Emperor's New Clothes to correct that.




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