Charles Sprickman <spork@inch.com> wrote:
Adelphia is not a regulated public utility, that's the difference.
If you want to see some serious battle over this issue, check the various Dingell/Tauzin threads at dslreports.com...
My basic argument is that the copper is more of a public resource. ATT was granted a monopoly way back when, and the ILECs have certainly recouped all their costs on that particular resource. Adelphia did not inherit their cable plant, and is likely still paying it off.
The ILECs can refuse to resell other elements, but the copper really should remain and unbundled element. The best (and most unlikely) remedy I've seen is to put all the copper under control of a neutral third party through which both the ILECs and CLECs would order lines...
Commonly known as 'structural seperation'... joe