The FCC says that Bell South doesn’t have to provide naked DSL. Here’s Kevin Werbach’s reaction. He’s right — it is perverse that the monopoly owner of the last mile can compel the tied purchase of two distinct services. This is the same as Kodak demanding that Kodak films be processed only by Kodak labs, for instance. In any other business, this kind of decision would be challenged on anti-competitive grounds.
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