Actually, what the FCC stated was that this tariff was filed
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the DSL lines are an extension of GTE's inter-LATA frame network. Seems pretty dubious to me, although it's not the whole Internet as long distance thing which I was afraid of at first. Apparently there's to be yet another FCC statement on either access fees or reciprocal comp (I cant remember which but I think it's the latter) by the end of the week. Those RBOCs must have a bunch of lobbyist hanging out at the FCC.
.. just like every other industry or special interest group. CLECs come to mind.. Remember: Lobbying is legalized bribery. Cheers, Chris - -- Christian Kuhtz <ck@adsu.bellsouth.com> -wk ck@gnu.org -hm Sr. Network Architect, BellSouth Corp., Advanced Data Services NOTE: "We speak PGP: key available at well-known key servers." "Turnaucka's Law: The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord." -- /usr/games/fortune -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.0 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBNkTM0IRXnO1Cm58sEQIUUgCgnzTEVzN02gGcLUQdkebmC2a4oaUAoJRv x90W1RpGCwM1kvGAr50ESWq2 =yJER -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----