CLECs Lobby for Pro-Competition UNE-P Rules

Executives from 22 competitive carriers called on the FCC and Bush Administration officials to uphold the rules requiring Bell monopolies to lease parts of their networks to competitors. The executives warned that the threat to competition posed by the impending FCC Triennial UNE Review decision could stop local phone competition in its tracks. In a statement, the group said current UNE-P rules could be credited for more than 85% of the net growth in competitive access lines during the first half of 2002. The lobby is led by the Competitive Telecommunications Association (CompTel), whose members include AT&T; MCI, Dominion Telecom, Birch Telecom and others.
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