House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., asked FCC...
House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., asked FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski Wednesday to act “expeditiously” and “decisively” on special access reform. The commission is expected to initiate another round of data requests in an upcoming special access rulemaking.…
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“More than fifteen years after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 tasked the FCC with ensuring that special access rates and contracts are just and reasonable, the special access market continues to be dominated by just three incumbent telephone companies,” she said in a letter. “The FCC’s history of deregulating the special access market … has preserved this market concentration, contributing to a history of rate increases and little competition.” The letter was also signed by House Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Mike Doyle, D-Pa., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif. Last December the FCC completed its second round of data collection in the special access proceeding, docket 05-25 (CD Dec 8 p1).