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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1535)	7/7/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 12823

This could be a biggie! "Baby Bell ordered to open offices to xDSL carriers" July 7, 1998 ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES via NewsEdge Corporation : Miami - Supra Telecommunications and Systems Inc., a minority-owned competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) serving the greater Miami area, won a key ruling last week from the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) that may force BellSouth to allow Supra to provision digital subscriber line services through BellSouth facilities. The ruling has been called a precedent because it marks the first time a state has ordered a Baby Bell to open its central offices to other carriers for xDSL. Paradyne Corp., a hardware partner to Supra, was a key supporter of the CLEC in the hearings, since Paradyne's HotWire DSL technology is being aimed at CLEC and Internet service providers using leased copper from incumbent local exchange carriers. Reform provision The ruling is the first in the country ordering ILECs to comply with the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996 by making facilities available to alternative carriers. In many regions, ILECs have sued alternative carriers to prevent access to central office equipment or "dry copper," though the Telco Reform Act supposedly prevents them from doing so. "The ruling sets an important precedent for both consumers and carriers, " said Frank Wiener, vice president of DSL at Paradyne. Kayode Ramos, Supra chief executive officer, said the PSC found BellSouth had failed to implement a 1997 agreement dealing with resale, co-location and interconnect services. "Moving forward, we hope regulators will do more to level the playing field," Ramos said. As a result of the ruling, Supra is ready to deploy HotWire equipment this month in 17 central offices in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Orange counties, and plans to extend the service areas to 42 central offices by year's end. Services will be branded as SupraConcorde, in increments from 256 kbits/second to 2.56 Mbits/s downstream at prices starting at $60 a month. BellSouth would not comment, but Ramos said he expects the ILEC to comply quickly. Copyright - 1998 CMP Media Inc. <<ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TIMES -- 07-06-98, p. PG8>> [Copyright 1998, CMP Publications]

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1535)	7/7/1998 11:57:00 PM
From: Ray Jensen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Frank, great article from Metcalfe, almost as good as his MIT speech from last year. Way Off Topic, Lincolnville, ME seems like the last place I would think of to blaze trails for DSL. Most people who go there as visitors just want to get away from it all by unplugging and unwinding. I spent a nice summer vacation just up Penobscot Bay from Lincolnville in Belfast, ME a few years back, one of the best ever. Can't remember watching TV, talking on the phone, and certainly didn't log on. Life in the very slow lane, for the most part. I like the saying about Maine, "the way life should be..". RJ.