On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, James D. Wilson wrote:
FCC rules ISP calls are long-distance in nature
By Nancy Weil InfoWorld Electric
The ruling overturns state decisions holding that dial-up calls to the Internet are local. The decision also could mean that local phone companies
Actually that is not correct, the FCC did say that they think that ISP calls are interstate (they are crazy), but the above is not true. The FCC did not take away power from the states that have ruled on this issue, they also said that this finding will NOT affect any current agreements. I had 3 of my CLEC customers sign agreements this week, so they are happy about that part. :-) I was not sure if I should make this post, but I did so because the information was not correct. Any further post on this issue should be taken up on list more suited to this topic. You may want to check out my CLECLIST is found at http://www.robotics.net/clec/cleclist.html or other lists where this topic is being discussed. Anyway, I think this is a major event and something that ISPs need to look at, but it is not a operational issue. -- Check out the new CLEC mailing list at http://www.robotics.net/clec
<> Nathan Stratton Telecom & ISP Consulting http://www.robotics.net nathan@robotics.net
- James D. Wilson
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