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SBA FILES WITH FCC TO DEFEND
INTERNET PROVIDERS
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On August 27th, 2002, the
Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy filed with the
FCC requesting that the Agency take into account the thousands
of Small Internet Providers who would be harmed by these new rules.
This filing independently corroborates and buttresses
the Comments filed by TeleTruth.
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| FCC's PLAN KILLS COMPETITION |
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The FCC has proposed 6 inter-related rulings that
will essentially will harm small business telecom competitors, including
Internet Service Providers, (ISPs) and Competitive Local Exchange
Companies. (CLECs) and millions of their small business customers...Click
here for a summary of the telecom landscape and why these proposals
are bad.
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| Why? 5 Reasons: |
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FCC in Violation of Small Business Laws.
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TeleTruth
Claims FCC is in violation of Small Business Regulatory Flexibility
Act.--- Asks FCC to stop proceedings until FCC is
in compliance.Word
Version, (with footnotes) On Friday, May 3rd, TeleTruth
filed Comments in these proceedings, pointing out that the FCC is
in serious violation of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, which requires
the FCC to do a Small business Impact study. As we show, the FCC's
has never taken their obligations seriously, and TeleTruth is calling
on the FCC to halt current proceedings until they are in compliance.
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| 2. |
Harm to Small Business Competitors and
Small Business Customers |
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"Small
Telecom Business Impact Study":Thousands of competitors
at risk, millions of customers could lose service. Word
Version (with footnotes) New Networks Institute, in collaboration
with TeleTruth, has created a "Small Telecom Business Impact
Study", which shows that 1500 Small Competitors could be harmed
if the FCC's plans goes through, effecting over 10-15 million customers.
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| 3. |
Harm to the ISPs and CLECs is not new |
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New Networks Institute (NNI) released
the results of its 3rd Nationwide Annual
Survey of Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Across the US, independent
ISPs claim they
are being frozen out of DSL and cannot compete on an equal footing
with the local Bell
monopolies. This is directly harming America's DSL and Internet customers..
To read
more... |
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Harm to the Local Competitors |
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SPECIAL
REPORT 2: "The Bells Harmed The CLEC Industry: New Networks
Institute (NNI) today released a "Special Report" titled:
"The Bells Harmed The CLEC (Competitive Local Phone Company)
Industry",
supplying evidence that the Bell companies' anti-competitive behavior
and lack of
enforcement has been the major impediment for competitors to offer
local phone and DSL/Broadband services.
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Other Reporters have been covering the story. |
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"We've been begging the FCC to establish a National
Broadband Policy. On Feb. 14th the FCC took action-only it might turn
out to be as bloody for ISPs as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre was
for George "Bugs" Moran's North Side Gang in Chicago, circa
1929."
Patty Fusco, Managing Editor, ISP Planet, March 1, 2002 To
read more... |
| 6. |
Break
Up the Bells:.Is it time to take further steps -- including
breaking up the local monopolies |
