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To: E. Davies who wrote (10300)	6/5/1999 9:51:00 AM
From: Michael P. Michaud	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

<<<To: Triffin (10298 ) From: E. Davies Friday, Jun 4 1999 5:11PM ET Reply # of 10436 what happens at the head-end to house competing service providers equipment and who compensates the cable companies for the investments already made in upgrading the net works if they are eventually going to be declared common carriers with mandated open access? This is why everyone with half a brain has stepped away from the issue. You cant simply say "play fair everyone". The regulations will be massive headache and could conceivably kill the goose. It was too much for the FCC to manage, the most experienced and regulation happy of all regulators. So now I guess the Portland City Council is going into the telecomm regulation business. Makes a lot of sense, huh? Eric >>>> Why not?? The RBOCs have had to live with open access for years. T cooked their own goose.

To: E. Davies who wrote (10300)	6/5/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: Thomas Stewart	Respond to of 29970

" So now I guess the Portland City Council is going into the telecomm regulation business. Makes a lot of sense, huh?" Not my expertise, but the legal doctrine that applies to your concern is called "preemption." Think of a municipality regulating nuclear waste in their town. Can't do it, because the federal government has preempted the field. The federal governments intricate and pervasive regulations in this context may preempt local governments from altering the already complicated federal regs.