The Federal Communications Commission Friday ruled telephone companies need not share their lines with other Internet DSL providers. The decision came less than two months after the U.S. Supreme Court
ruled in a separate case that cable companies don't have to allow rival broadband carriers access to their lines. While the FCC's move is seen as positioning telecoms to better compete with cable
companies, it's also viewed as setting up the potential for duopolies between telecoms and cable companies. Some fear that players such as EarthLink and America Online could be forced out of the
market. -- Wendy Davis
