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Re: itguy05 (Since the other topic is locked) said by espaeth:said by itguy05: You didn't hear the phone companies bitch when the Internet first started because those of us with modems were staying connected to our ISPs for hours and hours with our unlimited local phone calls? Actually, the phone companies *DID* complain quite loudly before broadband started gaining wide adoption and took some of the pressure off the PSTN. It took 3 seconds with google to find a bunch of examples like these: It is true - one ISP I worked for got to a point where Bell Atlantic would not sell us any more PRIs. Full up, store closed, sorry if the tariff says we have to sell it to you just as we have to sell to Morgan Stanley or any other huge customer in the neighborhood.
Then the irony kicks in...
The Telecom Act of '96 had been around a bit and it was the result of the ILECs thinking they'd really lobby up a shitty bill to shaft the CLECs - they'd let them access the phone network, but would charge these itty-bitty phone companies outrageous termination costs for every call.
Being blind to the future as the ILECs generally have been, they thought this was awesome. It was also a reciprocal deal - the CLEC had to pay a per-call termination to the ILEC, but the ILEC had to also pay the CLEC. The ILECs thought this was great since they knew they had all the customers, so all the calls were going from CLEC-to-ILEC. Guess what?
As ILECs were turning down ISPs since they used their PRIs with (tariffed) unlimited inbound calling, where do you think the ISPs (large and small) took their business? That's right... CLECS! All of a sudden the tables were turned and the ILECs were (after being sued a few times) paying huge termination fees to the CLECs because the internet was booming and everyone was making calls from ILEC (your home modem) to the CLEC (your ISP's modem bank).
We actually got money back from our CLEC if we could fill the lines and keep 'em full. 
Did I have a point? I don't know, I just like telling that story. |
