Subject: Re: Action Alert for Comments in FCC Advanced Services Inquiry
John Schwartz (schwartz@usa.net)
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 15:52:18 -0600
Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19980901155218.008e1290@postoffice.att.net> Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 15:52:18 -0600 To: roundtable@cni.org From: John Schwartz <schwartz@usa.net> Subject: Re: Action Alert for Comments in FCC Advanced Services Inquiry In-Reply-To: <35EC5DF9.2426@apt.org>
On 9/1/98, Maureen Lewis <mlewis@apt.org> wrote:
>
> Good Afternoon:
>
> It's important that the FCC hear from communities and consumers who
> are likely to be left further behind if they cannot gain access to
> the "information superhighway." Please pass on the word so that the
> Commission will know that communities want and need access to advanced
> telecommunications and information technologies.
>
[snip]
>
> APT filed a petition on February 18, 1998, urging the FCC to undertake
> simultaneous inquiry and rulemaking proceedings. The petition, suggests
> specific measures for removing barriers to advanced network investment
> and for affirmatively stimulating such investment. APT believes that
> its proactive recommendations are a necessary corollary to easing
> certain regulatory restrictions that discourage ILECs and new entrants
> from building new sophisticated network facilities. In paragraphs 71
> and 72 of its NOI, which can be found at http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/706/,
> the FCC solicits comments on APT's recommendations that the agency: 1)
> use social contracts with ILECs to promote investment in advanced
> networks for underserved areas; 2) condition telecommunications merger
> approval on requirement that the merged company deploy infrastructure to
> residential and other less attractive markets; and 3) establish a
> federal-state policy framework that encourages community-based
> organizations and telecommunications providers to create partnerships
> in which they identify technology applications serving the life needs of
> underserved residents and through the organizations' aggregated demand
> attract digital infrastructure investment.
Am I mistaken, or is this the very issue about which APT repeatedly has
failed to respond on this very list? If so, why would APT expect that
list members would be galvanized to action by this posting?
J.
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