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CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL), FairPoint and Frontier banded together in protest of the FCC's passing of a proposal to realign the special access market, saying that it would have a detrimental effect on how service providers address Tier 2 and Tier 3 markets.
The trio said in a joint statement that FCC's move breaks precedent from its light touch regulatory approach that drove new competition in the business services and wholesale markets.
Each of these service providers provide special access services to CLECs and other competitors in their wireline territories.
"The FCC's data shows that its 20-year old deregulatory policy for business data services has been very successful, fostering competitive entry by cable companies and others, network investment, technological advances and much lower prices for capacity," the telcos said in a joint statement. "Those hoping to be connected to the digital economy will be best served if the FCC continues this success story, but we are concerned today's rule making proposal will turn back the clock and shut the door on business data investment and competition in much...