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From: "William Herrin" <bill@her
The hinky part is that the FCC decided that copper pairs are an unbundled element but PONS wavelengths and Coaxial cable frequency channels are not. So, Verizon doesn't have to share access to FIOS and Comcast doesn't have to share access to the coax.
So why is it, then, that Vision Cable-Bright House-Advance/Newhouse Cable Partnership (which is what the payroll checks have said since about 1979) *is* required to provide competitive cablemodem access on their HFC plant? (I can get RoadRunner, their own brand, or Earthlink, or the local provider Internet Junction...) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274