North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: latest FCC rulings
James Edwards wrote: Wire centers serving more than 38,000 business lines or at least 4 fiberYes this is what I've gotten out of it.. facility feeder loops are still available but interoffice transport lines have been all but killed.. It would appear that the FCC's intention was to force the clecs to compete among themselves and leave the ilec out of the fray in large population centers.. which really makes no sense unless the fcc is attempting to stifle the business of clecs and limit them to less populated/rural areas.. hence, providing a quasi monopoly.. Much the same for customer loops from your colo. With these rulings I think they have all but killed the UNE platform. We are in several Qwest CO's in New Mexico, this is one of the few timesWe asked the Colorado PUC and they have interpreted it to mean total business lines.. clecs and lecs totaled together.. funny thing is.. we checked out the line count at denver main at it was under the 38k line limit.. struck me as rather funny. It would appear that the FCC intention is for clecs to buy from other fiber clecs.. but at least out here in colorado it would appear very expensive to do that.. much more so then back haul loops would be. I am not sure about how this effects DS0's. Voice andWell, in a nutshell my interpretation is that the ilecs have gone to the fcc and through many rounds of lobbying and somewhat shady filings.. (like qwest's recent filing to become completely deregulated) they have told the fcc that since this administration wants to see broadband grow and push out to more areas the fcc needs to get the clecs off their back and then the ilecs will build it for them. The fcc has done so by really hurting the interoffice transport (back haul loops, dark fiber restrictions, death of UNE etc.). They really neutered the Telecommunications Act of 1996.. for some sick reason they think the clecs have an equal chance against the ilecs. Heck, 2 of the commissioners were against the rulings.. but who cares.. a simple majority needs to be held to pass the rules and screw the industry.. sounds like a bargain deal for the ilecs.. buy 3 commissioners, get 2 free. I find commissioner Jonathan Adelstein's opinion on this a great help to laying it out as to what's about to happen.. (http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-255344A5.pdf) begin:vcard fn:Matt Hess n:Hess;Matt org:LiveWireNet adr;dom:;;4577 Pecos St;Denver;CO;80211 email;internet:[email protected] title:Senior Network Engineer tel;work:303-458-5667 tel;fax:303-458-5725 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.livewirenet.com/ version:2.1 end:vcard
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