I watched some of that hearing, Breaux (sp?) asked specifically
how long if would take to implement his legislation to deregulate ILECs.

 Powell said 8 to 10 months.  But another Democrat - Byron ?? (from ND)
asked for more regulation because Qwest only provides DSL in 4 of the 24
ND exchanges
while they paid millions to Nacchio (sp?).

So, the Democrats can't decide if they want more or less regulation.

In other words, status quo for the foreseeable future.  



Thanks,

Randy A. Lowenberg
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Wagner [mailto:jim@isp-lists.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:11 AM
To: isp-clec@isp-clec.com
Subject: Is Powell Playing Both Sides?


So, does Powell want deregulation or not?

http://www.isp-planet.com/politics/2002/powell.html

Your comments on this would be greatly appreciated, especially in
regards 
to workarounds the FCC could adopt to avoid touching Section 214 and
still 
enforce a discontinuance policy.  Of course, you're also more than
welcome 
to pick apart the story.

Thanks to Scott McCollough for his insight, any errors are strictly mine

and shouldn't be held against him ;--)

Jim

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