Charles Sprickman wrote:
Adelphia is not a regulated public utility, that's the difference.
Since when are cable companies not regulated? (Did they suddenly give up their monopoly positions in the areas they serve?)
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...
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