Again.  The FCC continues to rewrite the definition of the word ‘deadline’, canceling its planned vote tomorrow on an overhaul of intercarrier compensation.  Today four commissioners rebelled against Chairman Kevin Martin’s proposal.  Precisely why is hard to say, because apparently it has not been made available for public view.

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In just 6-7 weeks, the FCC will run up against its latest deadline for dealing with intercarrier compensation.  Back in July, they were given until November 5 by a federal court to address the issue.  Over on the Global Crossing blogs, Paul Kouroupas has an excellent post today detailing in plain language not only the [...]

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Comcast filed a description of its new congestion management system a few days ago.  This is what will replace their previous system which throttled P2P traffic.  Of course, they backed off that plan a while back, then were told to back off that plan by the FCC, and have appealed that ruling - apparently to [...]

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Once again, Dave Rusin over on Telecom Straight Shooter has taken on the issue of forbearance, arguing forcefully against most of the current crop of CLECs.  He’d like us all to step back from regulation and let the market produce the business case for laying fiber to all those buildings.  Very much the laissez faire [...]

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Ever since all that fiber went into the ground in the late 90s, there have been lawsuits claiming that the telecoms (Qwest, Level 3, and Sprint) played fast and loose with rights-of-way along railroad tracks.  It may be that these cases have finally been settled, according to a release from the United States District Court [...]

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The FCC has been promising to ‘fix’ intercarrier compensation since the 90s, but they have a court-imposed deadline of November of this year.  Does anyone actually believe it?  There is a quote from The Princess Bride by Inigo to Vizzini:  “You keep using that word.  I don’t think it means what you think it means”, [...]

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