Recent FCC rulings are forcing nonfacilities-based CLECs to "re-engineer" their businesses. CLECs have two major choices. One is to pay the higher rates to the ILEC with hopes of keeping customers while operating at thinner margins and charging higher retail prices. The second is to take on the capital-intensive and operationally complex facilities-based approach and migrate customers on-net.

With the deadline for transitioning off legacy UNE-P contracts looming in March 2006, local resellers must have a plan in place that may include one or both of these strategies as short- and long-term solutions for serving commercial and residential customers. Resellers can learn more about their options in this FREE, live WEBeVENT brought to you by PHONE+ and xchange magazines in cooperation with XO Communications.

• Review the FCC Order vis-à-vis UNE-P.
• Understand the changing cost, operational models under commercial agreements.
• Assess the advantages and disadvantages of moving to a facilities-based model.
• Evaluate the current and future supply pool for access services.
• Identify the pros and cons of different business models.

Moderator: Khali Henderson, PHONE+ & xchange
Speakers: John Romagnoli, Senior Analyst, Wholesale Strategies, Yankee Group  
Don Macneil, Vice President of Carrier Operations, XO Communications

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