[IP] Rel PA law
Begin forwarded message:
From: Brett Glass <brett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 2, 2004 5:37:40 PM EST
To: Peter Wayner <pcw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Rel PA law
At 12:20 PM 12/2/2004, Peter Wayner wrote:
Seems like the Verizon problem is a bit more difficult. I wrote about
one municipality in western MD that built their own wireless web. They
were constantly worried that some lawyer from Verizon would show up.
Verizon will do anything -- by hook or by crook -- to forestall any and
all competition. Note that the law protects them but not cable modem
providers. And it explicitly protects ONLY the ILEC, not CLECs. This
means
that even an infrastructure-based CLEC gets no protection. The law puts
the Baby Bells in the catbird seat.
--Brett
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