• Regulatory News - FCC Views Nationwide Broadband Deployment Cautiously
    Posted:  09/2000 FCC Views Nationwide Broadband Deployment Cautiously By Kim SunderlandWhile the nationwide deployment of advanced services has improved, the FCC still is concerned about pockets of communities at risk for not receiving the bounties of broadband. ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • Business News - Long-Distance Resale Margins Up
    Posted: 09/2000 Long-Distance Resale Margins UpOperating margins are climbing for resellers of long distance, according to a survey released today by Boston-based telecommunications strategy and research firm ATLANTIC-ACM Inc. (www.atlantic-acm.com).Speaking of the ninth ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • Carrier Channel: News Briefs
    Posted: 09/2000 News Briefs Integrated communications provider BTI Telecom Corp. (www.btitele.com) and TollBridge Technologies Inc. (www.tollbridgetech.com) have formed a partnership that will let BTI offer voice over DSL (VoDSL) services. BTI will deploy the TB200 ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • Regulatory News - FCC's Section 271 Approval Stands on Appeal
    Posted:  09/2000 FCC's Section 271 Approval Stands on Appeal By Kim SunderlandA federal appeals court ruled the FCC (www.fcc.gov) acted within the confines of the Telecommunications Act of  1996 when it approved in December the nation's first in-region ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • Thanks 11.5 Million!
    Posted: 09/2000 Thanks 11.5 Million! As this issue of PHONE+ is put to bed, Verizon Communications (www.verizon.com) has announced that it has won 1 million long-distance customers in New York. The goal, it says, was reached five months ahead of target, and, I might add, ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • IN-BOX
    IN-BOX Good Stuff I don't believe I've missed an issue of PHONE+ since 1996. This latest issue (July 2000) was one of the more informative ones I've read in a while. Packed full of good stuff. Your folks are doing a good job. Regards, Boris Gutierrez Info Directions Inc. ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • Business News - Sprint ION Spreads Bundled Package to Four Areas
    Posted: 09/2000 Sprint ION Spreads Bundled Package to Four Areas By Bruce ChristianBusinesses and residents in Los Angeles; Orange County, Calif.; Phoenix; and San Diego now can choose a service that gives them multiple telephone lines, videoconferencing, high-speed ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • Regulatory News - Congress Continues FCC Squeeze
    Posted:  09/2000 Congress Continues FCC Squeeze By Kim SunderlandSome members of Congress have continued their assault on the FCC (www.fcc.gov) in their attempt to curb the commission's powers by cutting its budget and imposing time limits on its deliberation of ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • Not Necessarily News
    Posted: 09/2000 Overheard ... "Competition in communications, like other 'networked' industries such as electric power, railroads and airlines, depends on open, cost-effective and nondiscriminatory connection of the networks of competing companies." --James Q. Crowe, ...More
    September 1, 2000
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  • The Pitch: New Tricks of the 10-10-XXX Trade
    Posted: 09/2000 New Tricks of the 10-10-XXX Trade By Khali HendersonWith day parts, fees and free tie-ins, marketing consumer long-distance services could be considered somewhat of a black art--exemplified in no small measure by dial-around services. Almost magically, ...More
    September 1, 2000 By Khali Henderson
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