[82678] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Overhaul of U.S. telecom law to be introduced
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Vierling)
Wed Jul 27 11:26:00 2005
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:25:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
To: Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <bb0e440a05072708021e8f89b2@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > "The bill will improve consumers' access to communication technology by rewriting
> > outdated telecommunications laws," Ensign's office said in a statement. "One of the
> > bill's goals is to reduce government obstacles to technological innovation and expansion."
> >
> > The proposed legislation would replace the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
>
> OK, which of the large telco / broadband outfits are lobbying for this one?
Based on who's introducing it, and past history -- CAN-SPAM, for one -- I'd
put a suspicious bet on the large fiber-monopoly telcos pushing this to
eradicate unbundled service requirements, so that they can push out
resellers and remarketers through a "competitive" market. (We'll see for
sure when the text is released, of course. ;)
Another page from the man himself about it:
http://ensign.senate.gov/issleg/issues/record.cfm?id=240526
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