On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > "The bill will improve consumers' access to communication technology by > > rewriting > > outdated telecommunications laws," Ensign's office said in a statement. > > "One of the > > bill's goals is to reduce government obstacles to technological innovation > > and expansion." > > > > The proposed legislation would replace the Telecommunications Act of 1996. > > OK, which of the large telco / broadband outfits are lobbying for this one?
Based on who's introducing it, and past history -- CAN-SPAM, for one -- I'd put a suspicious bet on the large fiber-monopoly telcos pushing this to eradicate unbundled service requirements, so that they can push out resellers and remarketers through a "competitive" market. (We'll see for sure when the text is released, of course. ;) Another page from the man himself about it: http://ensign.senate.gov/issleg/issues/record.cfm?id=240526 -- -- Todd Vierling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>