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Technology Stocks : ADSL IS DEAD -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (24)	10/7/2000 2:29:58 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 135

EURO REGULATORS assail some national counterparts. They threaten to impose remedies if national regulators fail to halt alleged anticompetitive behavior by incumbents; The European Commission demands reductions in "excessive prices" for leased lines in several countries, citing findings that incumbents overcharge and prevent competition. Discrimination goes beyond price, a commission-sponsored study concludes. It alleges "potentially abusive strategic discounting" and "discriminative delays in the provision of leased lines," particularly in France, Italy and Ireland. European Union official adds fuel to the fire with harsh criticism of deregulation's pace in Britain. "The U.K. was in the vanguard of telecoms liberalization, but has slipped substantially in recent years," declares Olli Rehn, head of cabinet for Information Commissioner Erkki Liikanen. British CLECs consider legal action against British Telecom. "We have been excluded from the busiest exchanges in the centers" of some cities, declares Angus MacSween, chief executive of Iomart in Scotland. German regulator TP investigates whether Deutsche Telekom is dragging its feet in unbundling the local loop. I don't think ADSL will fly in this continent.