[21222] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: FCC Ruling, Cost of Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christian Kuhtz)
Sun Nov 8 11:04:18 1998
From: "Christian Kuhtz" <ck@adsu.bellsouth.com>
To: "Peter Stemwedel" <pstemwedel@interaccess.com>,
"Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@nacs.net>, "Ivars Upatnieks" <ivars@ic.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 17:42:57 -0500
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981103184134.008c58d0@pop.interaccess.com>
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> Actually, what the FCC stated was that this tariff was filed
properly as
> the DSL lines are an extension of GTE's inter-LATA frame network.
Seems
> pretty dubious to me, although it's not the whole Internet as
> long distance
> thing which I was afraid of at first. Apparently there's to be
> yet another
> FCC statement on either access fees or reciprocal comp (I cant
remember
> which but I think it's the latter) by the end of the week. Those
RBOCs
> must have a bunch of lobbyist hanging out at the FCC.
.. just like every other industry or special interest group. CLECs
come to mind.. Remember: Lobbying is legalized bribery.
Cheers,
Chris
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