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To: Norman Klein who wrote (3430)4/27/1998 9:36:00 PM
From: Tim McCormick  Read Replies (2) of 9236
 
FCC wants to help DSL.

Federal Communications Commission Will
Consider Easing Local Phone Rules
(04/27/98; 6:00 p.m. ET)
By Mary Mosquera, TechWeb

The chairman of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC), William Kennard, said Monday that
he will consider loosening some restrictions on local
exchange carriers to propel investment in advanced
services such as high-speed Internet access.

These advanced services are the "pipelines of
opportunity," Kennard said.

Kennard said he would consider deregulating retail
phone service under certain circumstances. For
example, local carriers would have to offer such
services through a subsidiary. "Advanced services
would be completely separate from basic service," he
added.

Baby Bells would also have to unbundle and offer
advanced services to competitors for resale, and allow
those competitors to hook up to Baby Bell networks and
customer databases.

"I am not afraid of seeing wireline telephone providers
have a first mover advantage, if you make the
investments to get to market first -- and provided that
you do not use your control of the local network to stop
or hinder others from investing and trying to be the first
to market," Kennard said. "I want incumbent telephone
companies to play a major role in the deployment of
these services."

Explosive Internet growth has led to bottlenecks and
slowing service, and it is widely believed advanced
infrastructure, such as digital subscriber line (DSL), will
dramatically speed up the flow of information.
However, regulations blocking the Baby Bells from
entering the long distance market also limit their
participation in DSL network upgrades.





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