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Misanthrope
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join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN | reply to Skippy25
Re: Sigh...
Maybe so? Who are you suggesting would be responsible for operating this nationwide network? |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO | I would suggest 1 to 3 companies that are overseen by the government. |
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espaeth
Misanthrope
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join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
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February 9th, @11:43PM
| said by Skippy25  :I would suggest 1 to 3 companies that are overseen by the government. Verizon, ATT, and Qwest are 3 companies that cover the overwhelming majority of the US. They will all sell you data circuits on copper (DS1/3,etc) or fiber (OC3-768) to any destination endpoint you wish. Moreover, the pricing on these connections is regulated by tariffs set by the Public Utilities Commission (the government).
For example, I currently live in an Embarq territory. If I wanted to get a DS3 to Savvis, I could just call up Savvis to order the circuit and they will in turn contact Embarq for the actual delivery of the end-point of the circuit at my house. My monthly bill would only come from Savvis, and they would get charged by Embarq a standard tariff rate set by the PUC.
The network you describe already exists today. |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | reply to Skippy25
If the government controlled it, we'd all have ISDN lines |
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