DolganPremium
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Re: I dont blame the PUC I heartily disagree with you on this point. It was/is the duty of the FCC, PUC, and SEC to act in the best interest of the consumer--not Verizon. The regulatory bodies failed to enforce the regulations created by the Telecom Reform Act, and let the ILECS stamp out competition. The ILEC designation means you are the carrier of last resort, and have the highest duty to provide service...no matter what the cost is. The hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses paid to the VZ executives, since the formation of the company, would more than have paid for the maintenance of the copper infrastructure and the deployment of DSL deeper into rural areas. The lack of common sense regulations, equally applied to the cable cos and telcos is what is truly hurting the industry. As long as the regulatory bodies can be coerced into adopting policies that favor the companies interests over the consumer interests, this BS will continue. |
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 tschmidtPremium,MVM
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Milford, NH
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| said by Dolgan:It was/is the duty of the FCC, PUC, and SEC to act in the best interest of the consumer--not Verizon. The regulatory bodies failed to enforce the regulations created by the Telecom Reform Act, and let the ILECS stamp out competition. Not sure I understand your point.
Verizon dumped Northern New England because it did not want to invest and upgrade data network (DSL and FIOS) in low density states. Internet access is an unregulated activity.
Unbundled network elements (UNE) regulations were scaled back when Telcos refused to build out Remote Terminals and Fiber until FCC backed off Fiber sharing rules. That puts CLECs at a disadvantage since they only have access to copper loop.
NH has a facility based CLEC, G4communications.
Wouldn't the fact Verizon does not have to share wholesale fiber make rolling out fiber more rather then less attractive financially? I fail to see how unbundling rules make it less likely they would leave.
I don't want to defend Verizon or FCC, I think we need a Federal Broadband policy, but once Verizon made it known it did not want Northern New England there was little the PUCs could do. Either accept the sale to FairPoint or set up a state run network.
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| Just a fun fact in NH their is another facilities CLEC, BayRing. But I believe their facilities are more towards the seacoast. I think the CLEC's in NH understand the need for their own facilities. |
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