--- Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:10:42 GMT From: Daniel Berninger <danat_private> To: Declan Mccullagh <declanat_private> Reply-to: Daniel Berninger <danat_private> Subject: FCC moving toward Tauzin-Dingell as *compromise* Declan: The final draft of the FCC's unbundling rules rollback implements provisions of the Tauzin-Dingell bill as a supposed *compromise*. The Commission will vote on the rules February 13th at an open meeting. The public comment period ends on Thursday (6th). pulver.com arranged for telecom entrepreneurs and leaders in the Internet community to sign a letter in opposition to the rule changes. http://www.pulver.com/reports/TDyetagain.pdf http://www.pulver.com/reports/signers.html The opposition letter focuses on the flawed premise motivating the rule changes - the FCC needs to *incent* the Bell companies to invest. The letter points out Tauzin-Dingell conflicts with the precedent established by the Supreme Court in the TELRIC case - Bell company costs cannot serve as the basis for pricing policy. Going against the Supreme Court makes it certain the rule changes will encounter court challenges. The LATimes article about the controversy at URL below notes the FCC's final draft rules also usurp the role of Congress: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fcc3feb03.story Please feel free to call with questions. Best regards, Dan ..................................................... * Not convergence, rebirth! * Toward communications renaissance in 21st century. ..................................................... Daniel Berninger, Managing Director, pulver.com 115 Broadhollow Road, Suite 225, Melville, NY 11747 i: fwd - 12908 : v: 410.279.1220 : e: danat_private w: www.pulver.com/antitrustreport ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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