Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!telecom-request From: halcyon!peterm@sumax.seattleu.edu (Peter Marshall) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Local Competition Comes to Illinois Bell Message-ID: Date: 3 Mar 91 18:34:19 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: de mini Lines: 23 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 177, Message 2 of 9 Pat's 3/3 post poses an interesting question. In Washington, LEC competition is now potentially on the horizon, virtually for the first time. At the PUC here, this has become a question of "first impression" with registration applications and/or competitive classification petitions to the PUC by GCI Fibernet and Electric Lightwave. The former is controlled by TCI, and the latter is being represented at the PUC by an attorney for a state org. of large telecom users. In context, the City of Seattle is reviewing proposals, including one from ELI, for a partner to develop a fiber net, and the Port of Seattle is developing a teleport project. Interest seems high from the industry in the state, and there's also been some press attention so far. Peter Marshall halcyon!peterm@sumax.seattleu.edu The 23:00 News and Mail Service - +1 206 292 9048 - Seattle, WA USA