 wmcbrine213 251 145 96
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Laurel, MD
kudos:1 | reply to Alakar
Re: This article is very misleading..... BS.
I currently have Covad DSL (line-shared with Verizon POTS). You know how much I pay in "extra" fees? $0. POTS aside, I don't believe there's anything preventing Verizon Online from doing business the same way, except their own choice.
I'm not saying that you're intentionally lying. I don't doubt that the ILECs have indoctrinated their employees to believe the same thing they're trying to get their customers to believe: "It's not us, it's the gummint! Honest!"
Insofar as there's any substance to that claim: Guess who wrote those regulations in the first place? Guess who bought the legislators?
Yeah, I am pissed off at our so-called elected officials, for being so easily bought. But I'm more pissed off at the ILECs for buying them. |
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 AlakarFacts do not cease to exist when ignored
join:2001-03-23
Milwaukee, WI | You don't pay extra fees because Verizon has to resell your line to Covad. Covad gets access to Verizon CO's and Verizon equipment below cost because of the 1996 Telecommunications Act. It's suppose to encourage competition but it just impedes improvements to the infrastructure. Why should a company build out new RC's and upgrade systems if they have to resell them to their competitors?
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wmcbrine213 251 145 96
join:2002-12-30
Laurel, MD
kudos:1 | And that has what to do with extra fees? Nothing. Whatever Covad pays to Verizon, it manages to present me with a single-item bill, for the same amount as it advertises. Whatever Verizon pays to itself, it chooses not to present customers with an honest price, but rather to advertise one price and charge another.
Please take your ILEC propaganda and stuff it. |
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