FCC Abandons Linesharing, Kills DSL Competition 612
raygundan writes "According to Reuters, the FCC today decided to greatly curtail the laws that force incumbent phone companies to share their lines with their competition at cost. This does not bode well for companies like Covad Communications who provide DSL using phone lines to bridge their data networks over the "last mile" to customers. The new rules do force line sharing as long as companies are willing to offer voice service, but this essentially states that if you are not already a phone company, you cannot offer DSL. The existing rules will be phased out over three years. There is still some hope, however, that a federal court might strike down the FCC ruling. Oddly, the news agencies seem to be reporting this as a minor change to the rules, rather than an end to all non-ILEC competition in DSL." The FCC's front page has links (luckily PDFs as well as Microsoft Word files) about the decision, including statements from each of the commissioners.
It's times like this ... (Score:5, Funny)
Erm, I mean, a Canadian.
Beautiful (Score:5, Funny)
for the inevitable flood of layed off tech
workers.
See? Money Well Spent. (Score:3, Funny)
No DSL and no Jolt make Homer somthing, somthing. (Score:5, Funny)
Bottom line is if they do this they'll have a Jolt crazed tech geek attacking their office with a Nerf(tm) crotch bat. I need my Speakeasy DSL service.
BAH! (Score:5, Funny)
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Funny (Score:1, Funny)
Re:It's times like this ... (Score:2, Funny)
Could be worse. You could be a sequined Asian man.
Re:It's times like this ... (Score:3, Funny)
"He's got more gigs than the Jackson Five!"
Re:Why does this guy get a 5 on the FUNNY scale? (Score:3, Funny)
You're just bitter because you've never got two first posts in a row