The question is, will you compete, or will you continue to try to use government fiat to crush your competition? I deal with this every day.
It is in the best interest of the consumer to have choice. It is in the best interest of the consumer that regardless of who he chooses as a provider, that that provider competes on equal footing for the goods used in providing service. That is not happening today. Parity is a myth and the Bells are paying millions of dollars to the states and its competitors as a result.
Bell treats its customers like competitors and is suffering because of it. Optimally, Bell wholesale would compete with other wholesale providers to serve Bell retail and the CLECs. This would create the proper competitive pressures that would benefit the consumer.