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Scott--give me some guidance on how important or relevent this issue is for
us so that I can get a better understanding of what I should/should not being spending time on. The Minnesota PUC ruled yesterday the US West must open/share it's lines with competitors offering digital subscriber line (DSL) high speed interent access. Apparently the order is the first for a state, but I understand that the FCC passed a similiar rule in the last month or so. The Commission also ruled that USWest could charge an additional $6.00 for this access to their lines (in addition to the current rate of $18 that the customer pays) and that the DSL provider had the right to pass that charge on to the customer. The COmmission took a "soft" position on the $6.00, saying that they would review the amount of the charge over the next six months before making a final ruling on that specific issue. I believe that this ruling came about due to an initial complaint by a provider from Colorado. I did not follow this case at all other than occassionally reading something about it. The major reason I did not was that I saw it as a "retail" access issue and I see our video streaming and bandwidth businesses as "wholesale" access/opportunity issues. Certainly we always want to see open access and we want to see competitive parity, but I didn't see that our involvment and/or tracking of this proceeding was of great value. Am I correct?
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