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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2111)	12/14/1998 9:02:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

FCC Told it Should Reject ILEC-Computer Company Proposal The FCC should reject the proposal by incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) and computer companies to deregulate broadband networks because it's a "sham" designed to undermine the Telecom Act, a group of competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), trade associations and information service companies said in an ex parte letter sent December 10 to the FCC. The group said the concessions offered by ILECs all have limitations and some just promise to do what ILECs already are legally required to do. In return, ILECs gain a "get out of jail free card," which doesn't seem "like a fair bargain," the letter said. Some parts of the proposal, such as interLATA relief and freedom from unbundling digital subscriber line (DSL) electronics, violate the Act, the group said. Those signing the letter includesd the Association for Local Telecommunications Services, AT&T, Cable & Wireless, CompTel, Covad Communications, Epoch Networks, e.spire, Intermedia Communications, Internet Service Providers Consortium, MCI WorldCom, Netcom, PSINet, Sprint and the U.S. Internet Service Providers Alliance.