Re: [isp-dsl] Qwest Q4 Promo Offers

[Fletcher E Kittredge <fkittred@...>]

> 
> I would expect Qwest will offer ISP's a commercial agreement to do line
> share, at terms not nearly as attractive as they are now.
> At that point ISP's no longer have the right to do line share, they are only
> allowed to if the LEC allows them to. So what is the point
> in bitching about whatever promo Qwest is running ? The game is over, we
> lost our right to line share. Now we have to do it solely on their terms.
> It is time to figure out what revenue streams are left, not complain about
> Qwest latest "screw the ISP's" promo.

The right to line share is not lost, it is only lost under Section 251
of the Telco Act of 1996.  Whether it remains under Section 271 is a
matter of ongoing litigation, but the current law of the land in at
least some jurisdictions is that lineshare is a requirement for any
ILEC which sells long distance in its own territory...

regards,
fletcher


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