The FCC on Friday released the order on its decision earlier this summer to deregulate DSL.

The document clarified the FCC’s August move to free the Bell companies from obligations to make their DSL networks available to independent Internet service providers.

Under previous rules, DSL was considered a “telecommunications service,” which meant providers had to open their high-speed networks to other ISPs on nondiscriminatory terms, and follow other common carrier rules.

The order calls for phone companies to keep their transmission offerings available to independent ISPs for one year.

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