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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (36296)	3/3/2002 2:50:56 PM
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CLECs run 9% of local U.S. lines By Reuters staff 28 February 2002 The number of local U.S. telephone lines served by companies competing with the four giant regional carriers jumped 16 percent -- 2.4 million lines -- to 17.3 million lines in the first six months of 2001, data released on Wednesday showed. Competitive local telephone carriers like Allegiance Telecom Inc. now control about 9 percent of the 192 million local access lines in the United States, compared to the 174.5 million lines controlled by the four regional telephone giants, according to data culled by the Federal Communications Commission. As part of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, the regional giants -- BellSouth Corp. and Qwest Communications, Verizon Communications and SBC Communications -- are banned from the long-distance voice and data markets in their home territories until they open their networks to competition. So far, Verizon and SBC have each won permission in five states in their home markets. Qwest and BellSouth have yet to win approval in any of their regions. Approximately 33 percent of the lines operated by competing carriers were via their own facilities, 44 percent with elements of the dominant carriers' networks and 23 percent by reselling the dominant carriers' service outright. totaltele.com