Many competitive telephone providers use the physical infrastructure of incumbent carriers to provide telecom services to businesses through an arrangement called 'special access.'
Diana DeGette: “Many competitive telephone providers use the physical infrastructure of incumbent carriers to provide telecom services…”
On the recordNovember 16, 2015
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DeGette explains how competitive providers rely on existing infrastructure for telecom services.
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