The FCC issued a long awaited order freezing any changes in the current local access competition rules for six months. During this period, the Commission intends to develop and then vote on a new set of alternative unbundling rules, hopefully overcoming the legal pitfalls that led to the previous Triennial Review Order being vacated by the courts. Key provisions of the order include: First, on an interim basis, it requires incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) to continue providing unbundled access to switching, enterprise market loops, and...
