Line sharing doesn't have anything to do with whether Covad can get loops from Bell. Covad can continue to rent dedicated local loops from Bell. They just can't force Bell to allow Covad to provide DSL service over a loop that is also attached to Bell's phone switch.
This raises the price to the Covad customer. Bell DSL can still go over the phone line at a lower cost than what Covad has to pay. In some cases, a second loop won't be available for Covad, so they are blocked from providing service.
CLEC's that also have phone switches can provide both services on the loops they rent.
In the markets I used to work in, the cost to a CLEC for a copper loop was more than the residential basic phone service cost. So there was no way we could provide residential phone service with DSL and make a profit. We just sold DSL without voice on the same loop.
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Line sharing doesn't have anything to do with whether Covad can get loops from Bell. Covad can continue to rent dedicated local loops from Bell. They just can't force Bell to allow Covad to provide DSL service over a loop that is also attached to Bell's phone switch.
This raises the price to the Covad customer. Bell DSL can still go over the phone line at a lower cost than what Covad has to pay. In some cases, a second loop won't be available for Covad, so they are blocked from providing service.
CLEC's that also have phone switches can provide both services on the loops they rent.
In the markets I used to work in, the cost to a CLEC for a copper loop was more than the residential basic phone service cost. So there was no way we could provide residential phone service with DSL and make a profit. We just sold DSL without voice on the same loop.
He did do this before. When I started at LFL in 1986, it was all one company.
The reasons I read in the paper today for consolidation were exactly the same reasons they gave in about 1989 to separate.
Oh, well...
Yup, BayMOO started in 1993 and is still going.
You can connect directly to BayMOO if you like.