Executives of ALTS member companies are lobbying in Washington th...
Executives of ALTS member companies are lobbying in Washington this week to urge FCC, Congress and White House not to “tinker” with Telecom Act to help Bell companies’ agendas, they said at news conference Wed. KMC Telecom COO Roscoe…
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Young said CLECs had changed their business plans to adjust to new business realities and now were worried that regulatory climate would stymie their efforts. “A number of proceedings [at FCC] raise a lot of questions about our future,” ALTS Pres. John Windhausen said. Executives said they got good response from FCC commissioners and staff who encouraged them to continue educating them about how agency’s actions could effect CLEC businesses. “They made it clear that they don’t want unintended consequences” from their actions, one said. ALTS also issued annual report on state of local competition that showed CLEC market share increased in 2001 to 10% from 8.5%, despite difficulties in capital markets -- www.alts.org.