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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
 ·AT&T DSL Service
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Re: Lesson Learned said by pnh102:they should have gone and built their own network. Explain just how they would do that, exactly, since they have none of the benefits AT&T has had in order to build there network for a hundred years.
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NormanSPremium,MVM
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| said by KrK:Explain just how they would do that, exactly, since they have none of the benefits AT&T has had in order to build there network for a hundred years. Today's AT&T hasn't had one hundred years to build their network. In fact, they were stripped of their network in 1984, and never regained it.
Part of the old AT&T network was given to Southwestern Bell Telephone just twenty-five years ago. SWBT became SBC, bought a couple of sister Baby Bells (Ameritech and the Pacific Telesis Group), then bought AT&T itself. The AT&T that SBC bought brought no local telephone network to the game; they lost it all in 1984, and those parts belonging to US West (now Qwest), and Bell Atlantic and NYNEX (now Verizon) are forever lost to AT&T.
And today's AT&T is essentially SBC in new livery.
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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1 edit | Ok, true, SWB was given the existing network at the time. The revenue they gained over the years funded expansion and upgrades. Result they built the network they have now, but they didn't have to build it all at once or finance it all, it was built over time out of existing profits.
Hey, there's an idea. Maybe these ISP's could "Build their own network" if they are 1) Given a pre-existing network or 2) Given 25 years to get competitive.
Actually, the point of TA1996 was to mandate access to last mile for a period of time until CLEC's could build their own network. Too bad TA1996 was never enforced and quickly gutted by Telco lobbying. In Japan, where they held their ground, the results have been great.
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