Internet News Internet Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech. 1. 5-3 vote reversing 8th Circuit. So the anguish over the scope of the direction to enact rules within 6 months of passage of Act is beside the point.
States have to abide by federal pricing guidelines.
FCC was reasonable in interpreting unbundling to mean separately priced, not physically separate. The 8th Circuit had said that such matters were exclusively for the states. The Supremes say the issue isn't ripe for decision, and the 8th Circuit should not have decided it. So the FCC's minimum list of UNEs is back to the agency for more thought. On the whole, a good day for competitors and a bad day for ILECs, I think.