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Title: Special Access Rate Reveille
Date: 8/16/07
Length: 16:15
Junkies: Jason Huffman, John T. Ambrosi, Colleen Boothby

Topics:

• Grab the bugle! More price increases likely for special access by next June. Other products impacted, too.
  
• Qwest already gets 132% rate of return, LB3 attorneys report.
  
• Congress interested and putting on pressure. New FCC commish could save the day.
  
• With "competition cavalry" apparently far away, Boothby recommends incentive-based approach. PAETEC's Ambrosi seeks baseball-style arbitration.
  
• Web sites mentioned during podcast:
  Telecom Negotiation Conference http://www.CCMI.com/conferences/negotiate/home.html?WT.mc_id=C996VR01
  Where FCC commissioners take comments  http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi The docket number is "05-25."
  

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