Speakeasy Unaffected by FCC Ruling

NaDrew writes "Speakeasy, the favorite DSL provider of many a Slashdotter, has issued a press release stating that they do not expect to be affected by the FCC ruling allowing ILECs to refuse to lease their lines to third-party providers. This is because the ruling specifically states that CLECs--such as Covad, from whom Speakeasy resells service--are not to be denied unbundled wholesale access to ILEC lines."

too bad

[TomSawyer]

I was starting to wish the ruling was as terrible as everyone was going ape shit over. I thought for sure we'd have affordable wireless broadband for all after a few months of the Bells trying to lock out competition.

What you say?

[brunes69]

You mean that slashdot was posting a story that jumped to a wildly irrational conclusion without reading the linked data source, thus leading to hundreds of people posting even more irrational conclusions based soley on the incorrect story summary?

Say it ain't so! I can't believe this happened. here is to hoping it never happens again.

Re:Will it help expand their service?

[wesmills]

Covad (not Speakeasy; SE sells via the Covad network) has agreements with Verizon in some areas, namely the ex-GTE territories. I can speak authoritatively on this because my parents are in an ex-GTE Verizon area and are using Speakeasy via lineshare.

Covad is more prevalent in SBC and ex-Bell areas because SBC owns a chunk (approximately 20%, as I recall) of Covad, and has somewhat of a vested interest in keeping them alive. In addition, SBC's SDSL service is actually provisioned over Covad's network, since SBC does not have equipment to provide SDSL themselves.