IP: Did Telecom Reformers Dial the Wrong Number?

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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Did Telecom Reformers Dial the Wrong Number?
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Deregulation: A 1996 landmark law may be at the root of the industry's
meltdown, analysts say.

By MICHAEL A. HILTZIK and JAMES F. PELTZ
Times Staff Writers

July 24 2002

As the wreckage of once-highflying telecommunications companies such as
WorldCom Inc. and Global Crossing Ltd. piles up, attention is turning to
whether the root of the disaster lies in the sweeping deregulation set in
motion in the mid-1990s that was expected to usher in a golden age of
competition. 

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-telcombust24jul24.story 

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