[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: About that line-sharing proposal at the FCC

[Marianne Granoff]

 From another list.  FYI.


>"Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell
>By Matthew Lasar | Last updated February 14, 2010 8:15 PM
>
>In a potentially significant reversal of policy, the Federal 
>Communications Commission could be poised to make the big telecoms 
>share their high-speed Internet fiber networks with smaller 
>companies. They would, in turn, offer more broadband services to the 
>public. That's according to a Bloomberg story published on Friday, 
>which adds that the proposal being considered comes from the Cbeyond 
>broadband/telecom services firm. We contacted the FCC about this and 
>got no response. But we also called AT&T, and they're taking it 
>seriously enough.
>
>"We support the Commission's efforts to promote investment to 
>achieve universal broadband and create jobs in this difficult 
>economy," an AT&T spokesperson told us, "however, the rule changes 
>pushed by Cbeyond will undermine these efforts.""
>
>
>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/regulators-may-drop-broadband-line-sharing-bombshell.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss
>
>  http://tinyurl.com/yfgy38p
>