Local Telephone Competition: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, June 19, 2001 |
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Page 79 - In the Matter of Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in the Market for the Delivery of Video Programming, CS Docket No.
Page 78 - The Consumer Federation of America is the Nation's largest consumer advocacy group, composed of over...
Page 7 - Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the invitation to appear before you today.
Page 36 - Thank you Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee for inviting me here today to talk about the Deficit Reduction Lock Box.
Page 81 - In the Matter of Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications Capability...
Page 42 - The CLEC industry is at a critical juncture. If we don't succeed now, it will be a long time before others are willing to invest the billions of dollars needed to try again. Rather than eliminate the most important incentive for the Bell companies to open their local markets, Congress should consider ways to make the process that it established in the 1996 Act more — and not less— effective. Thank you again for the chance to present our views. Footnote* 1«.
Page 83 - Commission an evaluation of the application using any standard the Attorney General considers appropriate. The Commission shall give substantial weight to the Attorney General's evaluation, but such evaluation shall not have any preclusive effect on any Commission decision under paragraph (3).
Page 80 - InterLATA markets remain highly concentrated and imperfectly competitive . . . and it is reasonable to conclude that additional entry, particularly by firms with the competitive assets of the BOCs, is likely to provide additional competitive benefits.
Page 52 - If the increased penalties do not sufficiently alter their current anticompetitive behavior then I would suggest the only plausible solution at the end of the day would be for Congress to require structural, or at least functional, separation of the RBOCs' retail and wholesale operations. If the retail side of an RBOC's company was forced to purchase service for their customers under the same terms and conditions that CLECs are, the wholesale division would have significantly stronger incentives...
Page 65 - It certainly is a privilege and an honor for me to be here this morning. And I appreciate the chairman inviting me to attend this hearing. I feel very, very close to the Overseas Dependents...