 Analyst: Maryland bill could decide some CLECs' fate Clec.com Kenneth Brown, President of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, a non-partisan think tank headquartered in Arlington, Va., said in a release that if Maryland passes a bill currently under consideration to force the structural separation of the wholesale and retail operations of RBOC Verizon in the state, it could save a number of resale telecom companies currently headed toward failure. "Every company that competes with Verizon is watching this legislation," Brown said. "This bill could be a proverbial Waterloo for either side." "Billy Tauzin (R-Louisiana), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, avidly supports measures to end regulations which keep Verizon and other large incumbent carriers out of the long-distance market." Brown continued. "Without restrictions to end local service regional monopolies, Verizon and incumbent local carriers would certainly crush competitors in the long-distance business. Local measures are the best and most immediate hope for … CLECs."
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