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Charles Sprickman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Adelphia is not a regulated public utility, that's the difference. > > If you want to see some serious battle over this issue, check the various > Dingell/Tauzin threads at dslreports.com... > > My basic argument is that the copper is more of a public resource. ATT > was granted a monopoly way back when, and the ILECs have certainly > recouped all their costs on that particular resource. Adelphia did not > inherit their cable plant, and is likely still paying it off. > > The ILECs can refuse to resell other elements, but the copper really > should remain and unbundled element. The best (and most unlikely) remedy > I've seen is to put all the copper under control of a neutral third party > through which both the ILECs and CLECs would order lines... > Commonly known as 'structural seperation'... joe
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