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We did craft a law: Telecommunications Act of 1996. The Bush FCC killed the line sharing rules.
by techsupporter 9y ago
We did craft a law: Telecommunications Act of 1996.
The Bush FCC killed the line sharing rules.
- rayiner 9y agoThe implementation of the unbundling rules was "disastrous" (according to the center-left Brookings Institute: www.pff.org/events/eventpowerpoints/022207BrusselsComm/Crandall.ppt, see slide 3). Unbundling can work, but requires a steady hand in setting rates. The FCC said "screw telcos" and set rates very low, which made telecos basically give up on improving their DSL infrastructure. In contrast, unbundling has worked well in the U.K. There, the government put in place a rate structure that allowed BT OpenReach (the entity that owns all the phone lines) to actually be comparable in profitability to Comcast or TWC.