Re: Rollup: Small City Municipal Broadband

[Fletcher Kittredge <fkittred () gwi net>]

Jean-Francois;

The only regulatory regime I am familiar with is the US and the original
poster specifically specified the US regime.

In the US, only CLECs have the right to order UNEs.   Many ISPs became
CLECs for that reason.  In the states in which we operate, becoming a CLEC
is a minimal burden.   Being a CLEC has the added advantage of access to
utility poles.

regards,
Fletcher


On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Jean-Francois Mezei <
jfmezei_nanog () vaxination ca> wrote:

> On 13-02-04 14:57, Fletcher Kittredge wrote:
>
> > of the reason you have had difficulty ordering them.   The proper term is
> > Unbundled Network Elements(UNE) copper loops.
>
> The Bell Canada tariff on ADSL acess (5410) uses the following
> terminology: (GAS = wholesale DSL service operated by incumbent telco
> that provides PPPoE (there are some variations that provide ethernet
> connection) between end users and independent ISPs)
>
> ##
> (h) GAS Access will only be provisioned over Company provided primary
> exchange service, unbundled local loops used to provide CLEC primary
> exchange service, or dry loops.
> ##
>
> "Dry Loop" refers to a local loop that has no phone service attached to
> it (either telco or CLEC) but has the telco's wholesale DSL service.
> As I recall, it is tariffed separatly and differently from unbundled
> local loops. (If an ISP has its own DSLAM, it would need an unbundled
> local loop since it isn't buying the wholesale DSL service from Bell).
>
>
> In the USA, is access to the last mile copper mandated only for CLECs or
> can a company that is not a CLEC (aka: an ISP) also get access to the
> copper between CO and homes ?


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