Research shows there’s more telecom competition in areas without ...
Research shows there’s more telecom competition in areas without limits on CLEC use of unbundled local switching, Z- Tel said in letter Wed. to FCC Chmn. Powell. Study Z-Tel submitted to FCC said CLECs would serve 60% more customers…
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in restricted states if unbundled local switching were made fully available to them. “The impact is more pronounced in many states -- for example, the study predicts that CLECs’ market share of mass-market consumers in the state of Maryland would be 175% greater if the restriction did not apply,” Z-Tel said. “In areas where unbundled local switching is not available, CLECs are clearly impaired in their ability to serve mass market, residential and small business consumers.” FCC is expected to revisit its unbundling rules as part of triennial review. At issue are limits placed on use of unbundled switches in top 50 Metropolitan Statistical Areas.