Scottie Arnett wrote:
I am thinking out loud and not actually thinking this through, but here is
my idea. Do as they started with Computer Inquires...All ILEC's and Cable
Co's should not be allowed in the ISP business. They can start their own ISP
as a separate entity, but the parent ILEC/CC will have to sell to all ISP's,
including their own at a wholesale rate for use of their "transport." There
should be no cross subsidization from one to the other.
That was how the original TA96 was written. Separate entity without
cross-subsidization.
However, the FCC did not actually enforce that piece.
No bundling was supposed to occur (DSL, LD nor Local) until 3 years
after the RBOC's received 272 relief (were allowed to sell LD again).
During those 3 years prior to sunset, the FCC was suppose to monitor to
insure that the networks were open to competition, that there was no
cross-sub, etc. Never happened. The FCC did not in any way enforce this
piece of the law. (Yeah, this was law, no some FCC guideline).
I live in an area full of Cooperatives. Cooperatives do not have to follow
many of the Tele Act of 1996 rules (rural exemptions). I live in TN where, I
actually lost count, but there are approximately 20 +/- telephone
cooperatives. So I do not and have not got to do many of the things you guys
have got to do. Now that talk all this BS about bridging the digital divide,
but they still let these cooperatives get away with monopolies and not
having to follow half the rules that the rest of the US ILEC's have to
follow.
TA96 was mainly about RBOC's not ILEC's. Even Sprint United (now calling
itself Embarq) was not regulated by much of the TA96. There was a
nother section of TA96 about cable. And a general section about ILEC's.
Rural ILEC's (RLEC's) get a special deal because of their size / status.
They also get lost of USF funding.
As long as this goes on, rural America may see 20 Meg speeds by the
end of the next century. We never had ISDN here until around 2001 and DSL
around 2003 and of course it was done by the co-op telcos that were given
almost every penny to do it by the USDA.
Ah, I am through with my rant. I could complain and gripe all day. I spend a
lot of time on http://www.cybertelecom.org/ and teletruth.org that goes much
deeper into the points I stated above.
No wonder you are ranting - you hang out with two of the biggest ranting
and raving guys in telecom - Bruce and Bob.
I have nothing against either one, but you can only spend so much time,
energy and effort screaming before you have to get an army and go to
battle... or go do something.
- Peter
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