an unattributed quote made by Keith Higgins of DSLAM vendor Copper Mountain, a key Northpoint supplier. [12] Taub, S., "Three Companies Default on Debt," CFO.com, January 17, 2001, http:// www.cfo.com/article/1,5309,1953,00.html. [13] USTA V. FCC, 290 F.3d 415 (2002), pacer.cadc.uscourts.gov/common/opinions/200205/ 00-1012a.txt. This "adoption" at an FCC meeting was oddly tentative because the Order that was adopted had not actually been written and was not released for a full six months. The IEEE 802 committee was created to standardize LANs. Although an 802.3 standard for Ethernet was created and saw some use, the TCP/IP protocols normally stuck to the earlier frame header, which became the survivor. Later, the 802.3 Ethernet subcommittee went on to standardize many Ethernet-family interfaces, including twisted pair and higher speeds. [16] Beck, R., "Ethernet Hype Meets SONET Reality," Network World, March 25, 2002, http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2002/0325beck.htn Bounds, J., "Creditors Ask Chapter 7 for Allied Riser," Dallas Business Journal, April 19, www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2002/04/22/story2.html. Fitchard, K., "Cogent Restructures, Raises More Capital," Telephony Online, June 20, 2003, http://www.telephonyonline.com/ar/telecom_cogent_restructures_raises/ CLECs' Winning Strategies Are Met by Rule Changes Although the Telecom Act had a wide-ranging impact, the single biggest change it effected was, no doubt, the opening of local telephone service to competition. As discussed in Chapter 8, this allowed the digital subscriber line sector to be developed more rapidly by CLECs than it would have been had it been left to the ILECs themselves. And by authorizing competition in almost all aspects of telecommunications, local service competitors were able to try to compete in many other niches. The Telecom Act was, in many respects, a "big bang" for telecom competitors. Many companies, including the large long distance carri- ers, had been anticipating the Act's passage, following its course through Co