Less broadband competition
The FCC did indeed rule today to limit open access to new network capacity built by the baby Bells. So, whomever builds the last mile from now on gets to use it exclusively, virtually assuring the last mile will never be optical because of the huge capital investments involved. Instead, we'll get more of the same DSL service and some of it tied to taking the baby Bell voice services.
AT&T says it "applauds" the decision because it lets them continue to offer DSL services. Woohoo, more DSL....
Posted by Mitch Ratcliffe at February 20, 2003 12:07 PM | TrackBack