[37179] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: HR 1542
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Sat May 5 17:56:08 2001
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Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 17:46:06 -0400
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
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To: Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com>
Cc: "Joseph T. Klein" <jtk@titania.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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Charles Sprickman wrote:
> Adelphia is not a regulated public utility, that's the difference.
Since when are cable companies not regulated?
(Did they suddenly give up their monopoly positions in the
areas they serve?)
> The ILECs can refuse to resell other elements, but the copper really
> should remain and unbundled element. The best (and most unlikely) remedy
> I've seen is to put all the copper under control of a neutral third party
> through which both the ILECs and CLECs would order lines...
Certainly would help. Well, maybe. The same problems might exists as
exist with ICANN in the TLD world.
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