[IP] FCC NEAR DECIDING VERIZON'S BROADBAND REQUEST
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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: March 20, 2006 8:00:47 AM EST
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] FCC NEAR DECIDING VERIZON'S BROADBAND REQUEST
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FCC NEAR DECIDING VERIZON'S BROADBAND REQUEST
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Jeremy Pelofsky]
The Federal Communications Commission is expected today to reveal
whether it would ease numerous regulations on some of Verizon
Communications' high-speed, broadband data services for lucrative
business customers. Verizon asked the Commission in December 2004 to
lift restrictions for business services such as carrying data over
Ethernet and Internet-based virtual private networks, arguing there
was sufficient competition. Republican FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has
supported granting the request as part of his agenda to push
broadband deployment. The FCC eased similar rules for Verizon and
other big local phone carriers serving residential broadband
customers last year. The FCC had until midnight on Sunday to block or
modify Verizon's request. Because of the type of petition, no action
by the commission would allow it to take effect. Chairman Martin, who
controls the agency's agenda, had not circulated for a vote by the
other FCC commissioners an order that would modify or block Verizon's
petition as of Sunday evening, two sources following the matter said.
Verizon's request includes lifting regulations on its business
broadband data services that require the company to connect with
competing networks, to negotiate just and reasonable terms for its
services, and to contribute to the Universal Service Fund, which
subsidizes communications for rural and low-income households.
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