New FCC Data on Local Telephone Competition

NEW FCC DATA ON LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPETITION
[SOURCE: Federal Communications Commission]
On Monday the FCC released new data on local telephone service competition in the United States. Highlights include: 1) "End-user customers obtained local telephone service by utilizing approximately 144.1 million ILEC switched access lines, 34.1 million CLEC switched access lines, and 191.3 million mobile telephony service subscriptions at the end of June 2005; and 2) At least one CLEC was serving customers in 83% of the nation's Zip Codes at the end of June 2005. About 98% of United States households resided in those Zip Codes. Moreover, multiple carriers reported providing local telephone service in the major population centers of the country.
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-264743A1.doc
* See the FCC report at:
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-264742A1.pdf