Unnamed Administration sources reported that William Allen Simpson said:
"To exempt from reciprocal compensation requirements telecommunications traffic to the Internet. "
Anybody know about this? Seems like it kills payments by ILECS to CLECs for dialups, when the calls are to an ISP. Note, only _TO_ an ISP; folks wanting to provide voice are still required to pay ILECs for traffic _from_ an ISP.
Is this the "ILECs put ISPs out of business" act?
Yes. Per folks in telecom regulation field; that's exactly what the Bells want. And they all pulling out all the stops, lobby-wise. They screwed up BIG time by *demanding* recip comp. They now want the Emperor's New Clothes to correct that. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433