Evan: Good article allows Jeff his say in what to expect from all aspects of the "open telecommunications".
I sent Frank an e-mail the other day in regards to FNet becoming or a part of FNet becoming a ILEC/CLEC, his response was "not yet!". I don't see any problem getting the DVG's out there or FNet setting up a great Company, the problems will lie with how exactly Congress views the difference. ILEC/CLEC's are getting greatly reduced prices, MFS's has already taken the plunge with switching their local dial-up access from telcos to CLEC's, taking advantage of the better price/customer support.
With this said, I think we will see more ISP's becoming or hooking up with CLEC's in the future. Most ISP's will affiliate with, or even own, CLEC's, (or get bought by them) as opposed to literally becoming CLEC's.
Here's a note I found on the Net that pertains to such an argument on ILCE/ISP calls from Ameritech> "reciprocal compensation on ISP calls".
ljextra.com Back on the home page, there is alot of great subtopics on this.
The Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group has great articles on exactly what Congress is up againist. There is one last statement I found in an article that really hits home on exactly what the fighting is and will be about>
"Someone stated:" If the ISP itself is a "carrier" and not an "end user", this plays into the hands of the ILEC's who will claim that calls to the ISP do not "terminate" with the ISP, and were back to the races on the question of CLEC's getting compensated for calls ILEC end users make to ISP.
"Response:" There will be alot of co-mingling of body fluids between ISP's and CLEC's by partnership, by acquisition, and by ISP's becoming CLECs.
So my respone would probably be kind of a question? So basically Internet access subsumes more of the role of a "communications provider", therefore complicating the life of an ISP.
An extra .05c a minute could make quite a difference in Telephony prices, time will tell and rest assurred, Frank has a handle on it. The question again I think won't be the amount of DVG's Franklin sells, or the amount of ISP's or corporations coming onto the FNet Network, but will lie within the still undecided laws that govern the Internet Service Provider.
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