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To: Mike Buckley who wrote (50769)	3/18/2002 12:00:44 AM
From: FR1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

I should have worded it much more carefully. The bells want to get permission to do long distance without having to release the control they have over local calls. They argue that if the FCC allows them access to long distance then they can justify a increase in DSL expenditures because they can make much more comprehensive plans. Their competitor, cable, has been tied up with the demands that they give "open access" to numerous ISPs. This makes designing and developing a cable internet system much more complex and expensive. Many people have been saying that a solution to the problem is for the FCC to do two things: (1) Allow cable to have control over who gets to be a ISP. This will get the system to develop much more rapidly. (2) Allow the bells to move into the long distance market and thus increase the DSL development. Since the FCC is giving the cable business the go ahead, perhaps they will also allow the bells the green light to do long distance and increase DSL deployment?