"GTE is leader for advocating cable open access, yet it intentionally delay the deployment of xDSL."
This is precisly why the FCC is not in favor of cable open access. If you read the FCC ruling on the ATT/TCI petition, this is the underlying reason for dismissing the objections of AOL and RBOCs. FCC knows phones will drag their feet towards broadband because they do not want to give up their very, very lucrative T1 product! If Congress passes the legislation on open cable access, not only will that delay broadband internet access, but competition for local phone service will be pushed back at least a few years. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BUSINESS KNOWS THIS - OTHER RHETORIC IS PURE LYING OR BEING PAID FOR. It just makes me sick to see the RBOCs do this - they're all bastards - and the cable companies aren't much better! ATT is the only hope we have in the near term for local phone competition and everyone should be supporting them if for no other reason.
Disclaimer - I am a graduate telecom student at Pitt and have studied these issues. However, I do own a lot of telecom services companies including T, WCOM, QWST, GBLX, NPNT, RTHM, WCII, and TGNT. |
