BT is concerned about AT&T’s petition to launch...
BT is concerned about AT&T’s petition to launch a proceeding to transition its network from TDM to IP, BT told the FCC Technology Transitions Policy Task Force Wednesday, an ex parte filing said (http://bit.ly/17JdWQ1). When BT considered shutting down its…
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legacy network in the U.K., “better processes than a Section 214 notice of discontinuance were necessary for a candid and comprehensive discussion to take place” about the impact on consumers, it said. Contrary to the Bells’ claims, there is “no rampant infrastructure competition” in the U.S., and any competition at the application layer won’t eliminate bottlenecks at the infrastructure layer, BT said. “Why would existence of Vonage or Skype cause Bells to lower monopoly pricing on Ethernet or TDM access services?” it asked in an accompanying presentation (http://bit.ly/YGiSBi). The “lesson from Europe” is that intramodal and intermodal competition stimulate investment, and “sensible regulation targeted at bottlenecks” does not disincentivize network investment, BT said. BT also expressed concerns over special access, which it called “unaddressed monopoly power over last and middle mile infrastructure” that is “skewing competition in the global managed enterprise services market."