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To: mike cobble who wrote (13727)	10/27/1998 10:46:00 AM
From: riposte	Respond to of 21342

N. J. moves on network elements By Mark Rockwell THE NEW JERSEY BOARD of Public Utilities (NJBPU) set up another state-versus-federal battle last week when it decided to begin negotiating with Bell Atlantic to open the telephone company's local network to competitors. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) believes it has jurisdiction over such issues. The NJBPU decided last week to begin negotiations with Bell Atlantic to figure out a process to recombine unbundled network elements for competitive carriers in the state. Recombining network elements -- the practice of recombining the pieces of the network already unbundled for competitors -- is a hotly debated practice that local telcos say is costly for them to do and is redundant since competitive carriers already have the means to recombine the pieces on their own. FULL TEXT @ teledotcom.com