ALTS' Comments On FCC's Section 706 Notice of Inquiry Show Thriving Market for Competitive Data Services.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000 Competitive Benefits Reaching All Americans, But FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. Should Continue Emphasis On Eliminating Barriers to Competition In comments to the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. today, the Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS ALTS Association for Local Telecommunications Services ALTS Aarhus Lawn Tennis Selskab (Denmark) ALTS Annotated Labeled Transition System ALTS Analogue Line Terminating Subsystem ALTS Automatic Laser Tracking System ) reported that the market for advanced data services is thriving thanks to the efforts of competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs). ALTS, the leading national association representing facilities-based CLECs, filed its comments in response to the FCC's Notice of Inquiry on Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act There are several laws named the Telecommunications Act
In its filing, ALTS drew on industry statistics gathered for its "ALTS State of Competition Report" created in February 2000. "While there are still strides to be made to fully open the local markets to competition, CLECs have captured 5-7% of the market share for local services, demonstrating the market-opening provisions of the Telecommunications Act," said John D. Windhausen, Jr., President of ALTS. "Further, nearly half the country now has access to Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and broadband services, with over 500,000 DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary lines now in service." "The rapid growth of competitive data services shows that the Act is working to deliver new broadband options to consumers," said ALTS' Windhausen. "As additional barriers to entry are eliminated, the benefits of competition will spread even more rapidly." "The most effective way for the Commission to encourage further deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities is to continue to develop pro-competitive policies, and to ensure that all incumbents comply with the market-opening provisions of the Act," said Jonathan Askin, General Counsel of ALTS. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. ALTS, every state in the nation now benefits from the entry of at least one competitor into the local telecommunications market. This includes some of the most rural states, such as Alaska, Montana and West Virginia. The "average" state already has 21 to 30 CLECs in operation, a strong sign that competitors intend to offer competitive service in urban, suburban and rural areas of the country. ALTS is the leading national industry association whose mission is to promote facilities-based local telecommunications competition. Created in 1987, ALTS has offices in Washington, D.C. and Irvine, California and now represents more than 200 companies that build, own, and operate competitive local networks. For more information on ALTS, contact Crawford Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most at 703/318-5460 or visit www.alts.org. |
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