w1ld wrote:
] ] "Federal regulators are preparing to stop making local
] ] phone companies rent their networks to their main
] ] competitors at cheap rates, a move that could reverse the
] ] increasing competition for customers that had begun to
] ] push prices down, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported.
] ]
] ] Those familiar with the plan say FCC Chairman Michael Powell
]
] ] is acting on his long belief that real competition requires
]
] ] the regional Bells' competitors to have networks of their
] ] own. That is also the position held by the Bells, which
] ] after several mergers now consist of Verizon
] ] Communications Inc. (VZ), BellSouth Corp. (BLS),
] ] SBC Communications Inc. (SBC) and Qwest Communications
] ] International Inc.
]
] blah...

unconsciounable.

RE: FCC Change to Local-Phone Rule to Benefit Baby Bells