Bells still trying to go the distance
The major local phone companies look to rewrite FCC guidelines for long distance in their push to build high-speed networks for Internet service.
The Baby Bells have enlisted another player in their fight to offer long distance services. Technology bellwethers Compaq and Intel today joined up with BellSouth and others to press the FCC to allow the regional Bell companies to build high-speed networks in order to ferry Internet traffic over long distances.
Bells enlist Intel, Compaq in battle update Five of the nation's biggest local phone companies join with technology's heavy hitters to petition the federal government for new rules governing high-speed Internet access.
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