Jim Cicconi
Jim Cicconi
atlantic bell compliance customer decided despite federal muscle problems processing remaining review serious
Bell Atlantic has decided that despite some serious remaining problems processing customer orders, it will try to leapfrog compliance and muscle its long-distance application through the federal review process.
assumed both decree fair obligation process proposes road runner schedule
The Road Runner divestiture is an obligation we always assumed we would face, and the decree proposes both a schedule and process that are fair and feasible.
none nor painted people scenarios taking worst
None of the worst scenarios people have painted here can take place nor are they taking place.
building creating dedicated deliver network plan
There's been a misconception about the network we are building and how we plan to deliver services. What we plan to do amounts to creating dedicated services.
building capacity content cost expecting providers recover
We do have to recover the cost for building the new capacity out there that the content providers are expecting us to provide.
agreed aspects attempt available claim court domain everyday example internet language owns pleased public services terms
We're pleased the court agreed that these terms are in the public domain -- available for all to use, ... AOL's claim that it owns the everyday language of the Internet is another example of AOL's attempt to monopolize all aspects of services over the Internet.
consider direct economics given industry itself number percent point
The point is the industry itself shouldn't be straddled with constraints that many of our direct competitors don't have. We feel the number 30 percent isn't really justified. It's very, very arbitrary. We consider a number around 40 percent to be more appropriate given the economics in the industry.