CenturyLink, Frontier, Others Form Group to Counter FCC Special Access Proposals
Five telcos announced an alliance on business data services (BDS) to "preserve critical network infrastructure and competition in the business broadband market." CenturyLink, Cincinnati Bell, Consolidated Communications, FairPoint Communications and Frontier Communications are forming the Invest in Broadband for America…
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coalition, in light of the FCC's "recently proposed sweeping and questionable new regulations on the special access market and incumbent providers," said a joint release Thursday. The carriers noted they joined with AT&T recently on a motion to the FCC "to strike the 'irretrievably flawed' data framework underlying" the regulatory proposals, after updated data showed greater cable competition than the agency believed. “First and foremost, it is crucial that the FCC get the data right on competition in the marketplace before flying blindly into a major policy decision,” said CenturyLink Senior Vice President-Policy and Government Relations John Jones.