Any TDM-to-IP transition must not only take into account competition...
Any TDM-to-IP transition must not only take into account competition generally, but also the unique competitive and economic circumstances presented in Puerto Rico, WorldNet Telecommunications told representatives of the FCC’s Technology Transitions Task Force and an aide to Commissioner Jessica…
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Rosenworcel Thursday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/W46XRM). Puerto Rico still lags behind the mainland in the level of broadband penetration, and WorldNet wants to ensure that the commission gives “careful consideration” to proposals that would “preserve and protect the pro-competition goals” of the 1996 Telecom Act, it said. Especially important is preserving WorldNet’s right of cost-based access to ILEC last-mile facilities, and further establishing a right to IP-based interconnection with the ILEC, it said. “WorldNet cautions against the adoption of a ‘one size fits all’ approach."