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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: HR 4445 Reciprocal Compensation
Unnamed Administration sources reported that William Allen Simpson said: > > > "To exempt from reciprocal compensation requirements telecommunications > traffic to the Internet. " > > Anybody know about this? Seems like it kills payments by ILECS to CLECs > for dialups, when the calls are to an ISP. Note, only _TO_ an ISP; > folks wanting to provide voice are still required to pay ILECs for > traffic _from_ an ISP. > > Is this the "ILECs put ISPs out of business" act? Yes. Per folks in telecom regulation field; that's exactly what the Bells want. And they all pulling out all the stops, lobby-wise. They screwed up BIG time by *demanding* recip comp. They now want the Emperor's New Clothes to correct that. -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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