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To: Scrapps who wrote (21309)	5/8/2001 7:39:37 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 22053

But the RBOCs have closed many. I'm glad congress has taken up the issue. The executive too. May 8, 2001 FCC Seeks Higher Baby Bell Fines To Control Anticompetitive Behavior By YOCHI J. DREAZEN Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- The head of the Federal Communications Commission has asked Congress for authority to levy much larger fines against Baby Bells that engage in anticompetitive behavior aimed at keeping control of local phone service. In a letter to lawmakers, Chairman Michael Powell complained that the FCC can fine the Bells only $1.2 million per violation, a sum he called "insufficient," given the companies' vast resources. Mr. Powell asked lawmakers to increase the penalty to $10 million, and to give the agency more than a year to investigate allegations of anticompetitive behavior. "In some cases, competitive local-exchange carriers may have been stymied by practices of incumbent local-exchange carriers that appear designed to slow the development of local competition," Mr. Powell wrote. . . . interactive2.wsj.com