| reply to Markinsac
Re: SBC, Pacific Bell, and Project Pronto CLEC's are not being able to co-locate in the remote switches as far as I heard (they should), but the ILEC (Pacific Bell) is required to make basic transport services (DSL transport) available to any enhanced service provider when it is offering an enhanced service through one of its affiliated enhanced service providers (PBI and prodigy).
What this means is that any ISP is entitled to interconnect with the DSLAMS installed in the remote switches. And therefore, consumers are entitled to choose an independent ISP even if they connect to a remote switch.
Whatever measures the ILEC is taking to make sure it doesn't happen is just one more example of it's efforts to kill the spirit of the Telecommunications Act. (Any company should be entitled to compete in communications, ILECs can only offer enhanced services or long distance if they share their network with competition, CONSUMERS SHOULD HAVE A CHOICE) |
