FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler was right to highlight...
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler was right to highlight in a recent speech (CD Sept 5 p1) the harm of a lack of competition in the last mile, Comptel said in a letter to the agency calling for “expeditious” action on…
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special access reform. “Unjust and unreasonable terms and conditions” imposed by incumbent LECs “effectively lock-up competitors, preclude them from using facilities/services of other carriers (to the extent such an alternative exists) and disincentivize them from building their own facilities,” said Comptel’s Sept. 10 ex parte filing posted Monday in docket 05-25 (http://bit.ly/1mpmVD7). It said the lock-up plans “have impeded competition in the multi-billion dollar special access market and undermined investment in broadband networks, contrary to the Chairman’s and Commission’s goals of increasing consumer choice."