U.S. FCC deregulates fiber optics to apartments - Aug 4, 2004 12:06 PM (Reuters) WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Local U.S. telephone carriers may deploy fiber optic networks for high-speed Internet services to residential apartment complexes without having to share the connections with rivals, U.S. regulators ruled on Wednesday. The Federal Communications Commission voted to free fiber networks built to predominantly residential buildings by carriers like Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) from access requirements that apply to existing copper telephone networks. Carriers like Verizon hope to roll out fiber to residential buildings to improve the reach of their high-speed Internet service and better compete against cable companies, which already have made significant inroads at apartment buildings. Verizon and SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC), two of the four big local telephone companies known as the Baby Bells, have said they plan to spend several billions of dollars on building new fiber optic networks across the country. ... - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42905274 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.