Mr Matt
join:2008-01-29
Eustis, FL
kudos:1 Reviews:
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| An instant replay on the year 1997.  Between 1994 and 1997 the Local Exchange Carriers were excited about all of the new business coming from the Dial Up ISP's. By 1997 the traffic caused by the long holding time by residential dial up customers accessing the Internet resulted in voice network blockage. The Local Exchange Carriers changed their minds. Because of the increased traffic the Local Exchange Carrier Management decided that they should be able to change all inbound lines to the ISP's Modem pools to measured service for incoming calls. The Local Exchange Carriers Management's excuse was that they would have spend a lot of money to increase the capacity of their switches and inter-office trunks to carry the additional traffic. After all in the past the Local Exchange Carriers used the industry standard of 2.5 C.C.S. (250 Seconds) per hour per line for residential customers. In 1996 there was a study by an Internet association that determined that the holding time for a typical Internet session was 26 Minutes. That increased holding time caused network blockage. After considerable lobbying by the Local Exchange Carriers and ISP's the ISP's won. The Democratic Administration determined that converting to usage sensitive billing would delay or inhibit the development of an effective internet network. Because the Local Exchange Carriers were regulated they were not able to unilaterally impose usage sensitive billing on incoming lines to modem pools. The current administration does not care what their fascist corporate friends charge. As I have said in my previous posts the only way to prevent price gouging by the Broadband ISP's would be to regulate rates for Broadband Service. |
