[IP] more on any help -- FCC: we don't need no steenkin line sharing

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Gerry Faulhaber <gerry-faulhaber@mchsi.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 20:24:51 -0500
To: <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on any help -- FCC: we don't need no steenkin line
sharing

This is a simple jurisdictional issue.  Some months ago, the FCC relaxed the
constraint on the ILECs to do DSL unbundling.  However, some states have
decided they want it differently, even tho the courts have more or less
settled that the FCC has jurisdiction over unbundling  issues as required by
the Telecom Act.  The FCC is simply re-asserting its jurisdiction, reminding
the states that line sharing is not in their bailiwick.

This has nothing to do with naked DSL.  It has everything to do with who
gets to set the rules.  The FCC does (for unbundling) and it has already
decided not to require DSL unbundling.

Professor Gerald R. Faulhaber
Business and Public Policy Dept.
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104

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