As it facilitates the transition to IP networks
As it facilitates the transition to IP networks, the FCC should take steps to preserve competition in the business market, Granite Telecommunications told an aide to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel Wednesday (http://bit.ly/10IPK1I). If ILECs remove copper without being required to give…
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CLECs access to its replacement, “the type of competition provided by Granite would not be possible,” the CLEC said in a Friday filing recounting the meeting. Wireless and other forms of communications are “not an adequate substitute” for businesses, Granite said. Granite also expressed concern about AT&T’s proposed wire center trials, which “may interfere with the services Granite currently provides its customers in those locations.” Granite suggested that the FCC’s Technology Transitions Policy Task Force focus on preserving competition in the business market. Granite has expressed concern that the trials would impact its existing business contracts (CD April 18 p3).