Last week brought some good news for those who wondered if the Bush administration would ever act to clean up the nation’s telecom mess. The Bush administration has finally taken its first real step toward its goal of ubiquitous broadband. U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who represents the federal government in cases before the supreme court, announced last week that he would not appeal a recent D.C. appeals court decision vacating Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules that forced local phone carriers to share parts of their networks with rivals.
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The Future of Broadband Starts Now
Posted by: Sonia Arrison June 18, 2004 05:30 AMLast week brought some good news for those who wondered if the Bush administration would ever act to clean up the nation’s telecom mess. The Bush administration has finally taken its first real step toward its goal of ubiquitous broadband. U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson, who represents the federal government in cases before the supreme court, announced last week that he would not appeal a recent D.C. appeals court decision vacating Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules that forced local phone carriers to share parts of their networks with rivals.