Correction: Rep. Boucher (D-Va.) said he didn’t ask USTA to lobb...
Correction: Rep. Boucher (D-Va.) said he didn’t ask USTA to lobby against Judiciary Committee role in telecom issues (CD March 8 p1), but had urged USTA to lobby against proposal floated by ALTS in that committee that would require…
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structural separation of ILECs’ network and wholesale units before offering interLATA data services. Rather, he said Judiciary Committee members could introduce important arguments against ALTS proposal to structurally separate Bell companies, such as: (1) It’s not necessary to assure competition. (2) It’s very costly, and phone users would bear cost. (3) Separate wholesale and retail entities might be economically unviable. Boucher said he didn’t know where Senate Commerce Committee Chmn. Hatch (R-Utah) stood on proposal, only that Hatch had said he would examine telecom issues this Congress.