Windstream Says Its Margins Much Higher for ILEC Than for CLEC Enterprise Operations
Windstream said its experience as both an ILEC and CLEC "offers a window into financial operations of these two business models" in the telecom market. "Overall margins are significantly higher for ILEC operations, as compared with CLEC enterprise operations," said…
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a company filing Wednesday summarizing a meeting with FCC officials in the business data service rulemaking docket 16-143. "Windstream has few wholesale last-mile supplier alternatives available to the ILEC in most of the areas where Windstream purchases last-mile access to connect its fiber network to individual customer locations." Some information in the filing was redacted as highly confidential. The meeting included FCC General Counsel Jonathan Sallet and Wireline Bureau Chief Matt DelNero.