From Reuters:
“I’m hesitant to adopt rules that would prevent anti-competitive behavior where there hasn’t been significant evidence of a problem,” [Fcc Chairman Kevin] Martin said at a conference luncheon by Comptel, a group representing competitive telephone carriers.
“That doesn’t mean people don’t have a lot of concern about potential problems, but there’s a significant difference between potential problems and problems that occur,” he said
Well, crap. While I can’t disagree with the rhetoric that potential problems and real problems are not the same thing, the recent comments from AT&T and BellSouth executives make it pretty to clear to me that there was a need for some sort of clarification on this subject from the FCC. This is not what I would have hopped the Chairman would articulate.
Hopefully Congress will clarify this situation better.
