With the FCC considering an investigation into the special access...
With the FCC considering an investigation into the special access market (CD July 2 p1), USTelecom released a report Thursday showing “growing competition, investment and innovation in high-capacity services.” The report pulls together financial reports and other public information…
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from phone, cable, wireless and other broadband players, said the association, which has opposed calls by competitive carriers and others for new regulation of the special access market. “In a sector characterized by entrepreneurism, growth, investment and competition, there is no rational basis to impose the drastic price controls that some are proposing, and doing so would be inconsistent with incentivizing increased investment in our nation’s broadband networks,” said USTelecom CEO Walter McCormick. Even with the report, McCormick said, the FCC must collect more data from competitive providers if it wants to “obtain a complete and accurate picture of the level of competition.” Supporters of special-access regulation condemned the study. “It may have a fancy new cover, but it’s still the same old story that tries to paper over AT&T and Verizon’s outrageous profits, prices and practices,” said a spokeswoman for the NoChokePoints Coalition. “We've offered to deliver real data to the FCC, and we hope they will act upon it soon.”