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To: RTev who wrote (3268)	3/30/1999 10:28:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Clarification: In post number 3265 I stated: Message 8618915 "To a very large degree it's no longer meaningful to designate CLECs and ISPs as discrete entities by type. They are all doing it all, to the point that when the ISPs finally get platforms that can sustain quality voice over IP (and many of them also are CLECs doing switched voice right now, I might add), and when the CLECs begin to shed some of their switched stuff for IP, they will be indistinguishable." Functionally the same, that is. From a regulatory standpoint, CLECs and ISPs, and the other types of entities I mentioned throughout that post, all register as different business types, and they are subject to different forms of meddling, regulation, and access fee stipulations (or lack thereof). But over time, they will deliver the same (or similar) end user services, even if they get there through different means (switched vs. packet vs. hybrid vs. whatever). These inconsistencies and inequalities will play out and resolve themselves over time. At least, that is the way contemporary wisdom would have it.