The costs are ascertainable. There are umpteen theories as to what is the most appropriate price. If the parties do not agree for interconnection and the prices for the use of each other's network, it will be determined and enforced by the regulator. Finally, I expressed my sadness at the lack of efforts on the DOT's part to inform its personnel and to enable them to appreciate why things are being done. A department or a company which keeps its own people in the dark will not have a glorious future.
Ignorance is strength only under monopoly.
It will be ruinous under competition and competition is the natural law, I concluded.