Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 18:53:24 -0600 (MDT) From: Jawaid Bazyar <bazyar@hypermall.com> To: alex@comsys.com Cc: inet-access@earth.com, linuxisp@friendly.jeffnet.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, iap@vma.cc.nd.edu Subject: Re: US West and RADSL (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.980606184659.22709B-100000@hypermall.com> In-Reply-To: <3579CD5B.87CF88DC@comsys.com>
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On Sat, 6 Jun 1998 alex@comsys.com wrote: > The conflicts arrise in being a monopoly, and wanting to be an > even bigger one. The telcos want to continue to grow, just like any other business. They're no longer government-created monopolies. But to expect massive changes in just two short years is unrealistic. Give the industry 10 or 20. > Personally, I view the local telcos troubles > akin to the communist factories of the old USSR. They were garrenteed > revenue, why would they work harder? That system didn't work > there, why would I want to encourage one-choice business here? Because it's not one-choice here. As long as CLECs are free to install their own infrastructure (including wireless.. take a good look at Winstar, they are making serious headway), as long as the government doesn't stop competition with the kinds of laws telecom was saddled with for 50 years, then there will be as many choices as people are willing to pay for. > When there are several local telephone companies working on a level > playing field you can argue 'personal property' more effectively, > and show that choice (marketforce) drives the local loop economy. If there is no government interference, then everyone has the same rights and that is as level as you can get. Just because someone else has accumulated resources you don't have, doesn't mean they are stopping you from doing anything. > Until then the "one DSL supplier" in town idea still sucks. Well, it may not be ideal, but why not work with what you've got now, in addition to working on a better long-term solution? > In a recent speech, the goverment stated that 30% of the growth > in the US economy came from Internet associated companies. > I'm pretty sure that doesn't have much to do with very large > businesses which created an lock on Internet techologies. I'm not sure what you're referring to here.. > Compare this with the SS7 network sometime for fun. This was developed in a One Telephone Company situation. -- Jawaid Bazyar | Affordable WWW & Internet Solutions Interlink Advertising Svcs | for Small Business bazyar@hypermall.com | 910 16th Street, #1220 (303) 228-0070 --The Future is Now!-- | Denver, CO 80202 (303) 789-4197 fax To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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