July 29, 2003

The Line Between Cost Management and Fraud

If proof surfaces that MCI has been avoiding access charges, they should be severely punished. Defrauding the local telcos of hundreds of millions is illegal and increases rates for local service.

Equally important is the exposing of the frailty of a regulatory scheme of access charges as a way to encourage competition and pay the costs incurred by the local frailty. Access charges is a playground for crooks, given the billions at stake.

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