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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1685)	10/23/1998 1:16:00 PM
From: Daniel G. DeBusschere	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3178

<<I think soon, everyone will pay a possible .05, or .00? across the board." I look at it like a universal-traffic-tax for the whole industry, and your road-way will be tax by usage, or mileage. This recip-compensation" subject is at the heart of what I think could be a final closure to allot of bickering.>> ********************** I'm currently stunned after reading the CPUC decision on recip compensation, your comments, and Frank's question "Can someone explain this?" Where is the revenue for this univeral-traffic-tax going to originate? Is it a per minute type charge on the phone bill or is it part of the flat rate revenue? Does it apply to "data" handled by the new G922.2 (i.e. G-Lite) which is diverted from the switching fabric into a private network? Or is it part of the IXC access charge assessed on IXC originated calls? Thanks for your comments.

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1685)	10/29/1998 8:15:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

<very much a concern>ISPS WORRIED ABOUT POTENTIAL BT ADSL MONOPOLY October 29, 1998 TELECOMWORLDWIRE via NewsEdge Corporation : Internet service providers are concerned that BT will hold a monopoly on ADSL technology unless they have time to upgrade their networks. UUNet believes that it has adequate bandwidth to support ADSL and that unless Oftel offers ISPs access to BT's copper- twisted pair then the monopoly will be given to BT. GL <<TELECOMWORLDWIRE -- 10/29/98>>