WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verizon Communications and other U.S. local telephone companies will be freed of some requirements to lease high-speed Internet lines so rivals can offer their own service, the Federal Communications Commission ruled Friday.
After lengthy negotiations, the agency voted to treat the service, known as digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband, as an "information service" which shields it from many traditional telephone regulations, such as requirements to lease network access to competitors at regulated rates.
The FCC has already made a similar designation for broadband service offered by cable companies.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/05/technology/verizon_fcc.reut/
After lengthy negotiations, the agency voted to treat the service, known as digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband, as an "information service" which shields it from many traditional telephone regulations, such as requirements to lease network access to competitors at regulated rates.
The FCC has already made a similar designation for broadband service offered by cable companies.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/05/technology/verizon_fcc.reut/
