[31156] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: HR 4445 Reciprocal Compensation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Thu Sep 14 12:30:54 2000
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:28:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
To: "M. David Leonard" <mdl@equinox.shaysnet.com>
Cc: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, M. David Leonard wrote:
> I hate to sound stupid, but isn't this the "ILECs put CLECs out
> of business act?" Exactly how will this impact any ISP that uses the
> ILEC's facilities?
No way, I have helped setup 26 CLEC all over the US and I let every one of
them know that they should not base their business on reciprocal
compensation. There are still several ISPs that BUY PRIs from the ILECs,
as a CLEC you can setup one-way trunking and not pay for all your
incoming traffic.
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Nathan Stratton CTO, Exario Networks, Inc.
nathan@robotics.net nathan@exario.net
http://www.robotics.net http://www.exario.net
