Thursday, October 4, 2007

AT&T, Verizon pricing under attack

Gary Forsee, CEO and President of Sprint Nextel, told lawmakers on Oct. 2 that a competitive, high-volume business telecommunications market is <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2191436,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">unfairly rigged to favor AT&T and Verizon.</A> As a result, Forsee said, the nationwide rollout of broadband is faltering.

Wholesale availability--known as special access--to the nation's two largest carriers' networks is a critical component of virtually every competitor to AT&T and Verizon. Access to these dedicated circuits allow competitors to connect their networks and reach their customers.

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