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From: Frank A. Coluccio9/26/2010 3:17:22 PM
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A Survey of Public Interest Telecom Law

Cook Report on Internet | Special Edition - December 2010

[ please read the publisher's conditions for redistribution on p. 3 ]

Editor’s introduction:

I have known Erik Cecil for almost five years. For three of those five years, at Level 3, Erik served
on a legal team providing comprehensive representation to many different operating groups. For
details see his vita at linkedin.com He left Level 3 in December 2008 to
launch his own practice, Source Law PC in Louisville, Colorado. He now represents a variety of
large and small entities involved in communications networking and related areas.
When I asked Erik to provide an overview of what follows, he wrote:

“The world would be very different had Level 3 been able to just keep building so as to
revolutionize the edge of the network as much as they changed the core. In the space of
less than 15 years that company grew from nothing to carrying more than 1/3 of the
planet's communications traffic. I am still in awe of that achievement. Today I remain an
outside counsel for Level 3 involved in various actions around the nation. I am also outside
counsel to several other carriers, including but not limited to the nation's 7th largest
carrier. These engagements have given me a unique perspective on the telecom industry
because, by serving a client who serves so many others (Level 3), as well as serving clients
who serve at every aspect and layer of the network, I see all of these problems from
multiple vantage points.”

“My focus in all of this is the imbalances in state and federal regulation. What I continue
to try to solve time and again are the simplest issues of intercarrier operations. This can
be frustrating work at times, particularly when one views the harm done to this nation by
such backward-looking regulations as are daily exploited to what I deeply believe is the
great detriment of innovation enabled by computers, IP/TDM (and whatever comes next),
and fiber optic technologies. I am passionate in my views, but I believe I am transparently
honest.”

The complete report: cookreport.com

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