Telecom ‘05 Notebook: NARUC Legislative Dir. Brian Adkins gave s...
Telecom ‘05 Notebook: NARUC Legislative Dir. Brian Adkins gave state regulators and industry executives a tough choice during a panel discussion Wed. at Telecom ‘05: Name the one or 2 most important rules in telecom regulation. Many of them…
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cited interconnection requirements or intercarrier compensation. “If we are going to level the playing field, we need to deal with intercarrier compensation, said CompTel Pres. Earl Comstock. Cal. PUC Comr. Susan Kennedy added no-fraud rules. Ia. Utilities Board Comr. Diane Munns said “technological neutrality” because “a lot of problems we have come from treating technologies differently.” N.D. PUC Pres. Tony Clark said rules that “insure we still have the gold standard, the one line that works when you pick it up.” He added universal service because without USF support “costs would be astronomical” in rural areas. The session late Wed. on state telecom policy was sponsored by N.Y. Law School’s Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute.