At 7/17/2011 01:44 PM, RickG wrote: >So it wasnt "the 1996 Telecom Act that allowed us (ISP's) to be able >to go into the business of providing >internet access and other communication services"
It didn't allow entry into the internet business per se. It allowed entry into the DSL business. It allowed entry into the local dial tone business. This is worth good money to some ISPs today, and it was necessary to prevent the PSTN from melting down during the dial-up boom in 1997-2000. The Bell alternative was to price ISPs too high to create congestion. It led to EELs, which allow some ISP-CLECs to reach non-local commercial customers at much lower rates than Special Access. -- Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ +1 617 795 2701 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
