UNE (Unbundled Networking Elements) & broadband

As luck would have it congress is going to stipulate that the phone companies let other service providers on their networks if they wish to offer IPTV. This is major win for consumers, because if the FCC ruling had gone unchallenged then the carriers would be able to kick others off their networks at will. The carriers fallaciously arge that they it is their networks and so they have the rights to determine what runs on their networks. If a provider like Vonage wants to offer services then they should pay a fair market value. But we should remember that the phone companies even though they built their own networks they are getting the right of way for free. Broadband prices are still high compared to other countries.