Competify Ads Seek To Prod FCC Action on Broadband Inputs (i.e., Special Access)
Competify began an ad campaign in Washington to encourage public support for FCC actions to "cure" the "chronic disease" of higher broadband rates caused by "gatekeeper control" of key lines, the coalition said Friday. The group said it placed ads…
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at Ronald Reagan National Airport, in downtown bus stops, and on several tour buses. Sprint, CLECs and other Competify members Thursday urged the FCC to constrain "anti-competitive" Bell special-access rates and practices, including "lock-up" agreements (see 1510080051">1510080051). Competify says the Bells overcharge rivals and business customers for wholesale and retail access to dedicated circuits that are a broadband network component. The Bells dispute the group's arguments and say new special-access regulation would be legally unsound and bad policy that discourages fiber deployment.