At 11:58 AM 8/2/02 -0500, you wrote:
>http://www.tvinsite.com/multichannelnews/index.asp?layout=story&doc_id=97260
>&display=breakingNews
>
>
>I think this one may actually pass.  The ILECs get a name like McCain behind
>'em, there is no stopping them.

Not so simple.  Hollings is still there, helping hold back the Bells.

Question:  Is there anything in the Telecom Act that even talks about
central offices or wire centers per se?  I know that the early collocation
rules (and the only ones usable so far) only work at that level, but wire
centers are rapidly becoming obsolete; fiber-based networks don't need
them, and can go straight to the remote terminal.  So CLECs are even having
trouble getting the equivalent of loop access.  McCain's bill seems to
enshrine that in law, essentially providing the ILECs a quick migration
path to a CLECless (modulo voice frequency resale, hardly meaningful) world.

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NOT good news..., James Nelson