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Telecoms Sue Over High-Speed Links
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 04:58:50 -0700
________________________________________ From: Brett Glass [brett () lariat net] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 9:41 PM To: David Farber; ip Subject: Re: [IP] Telecoms Sue Over High-Speed Links Dave, and everyone: Lawsuits against municipal systems aren't the biggest concern, because there are plenty of private players (myself included!) ready to step forward to ensure that there are choices in the last mile. The lawsuit that is the true threat to broadband deployment and competition is AT&T v. LinkLine (see http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080623/apfn_scotus_internet.html). If AT&T wins this suit, the "essential facilities doctrine" will be gutted, and ILECs will be immune from antitrust lawsuits regarding to refusal to deal in access to essential facilities. This would allow the ILECs to cut off third parties' wholesale access to the backbone as well as to local DSL systems, destroying virtually all remaining broadband competition. --Brett Glass
http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202422769174&rss=ltn Telecommunications companies are suing cities around the nation to stop the construction of publicly owned fiber optic systems to bring high-speed Internet, telephone and cable television to communities far from metropolitan centers.
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