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Re: Lesson Learned AT&T (Ma Bell) was given "right of way" via the government to build out the telephone network. They were also allowed to charge the "Universal Service Fee" from EVERYONE so that they would service rural areas instead of just urban areas.
Maybe you might want to do a little research on the history of the telephone systems PRIOR to AT&T becoming a monopoly provider and then being broke up. |
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| said by Indymike:AT&T (Ma Bell) was given "right of way" via the government to build out the telephone network. For fun..do some digging into the history of Cable TV. Not much different...
said by Indymike:They were also allowed to charge the "Universal Service Fee" from EVERYONE so that they would service rural areas instead of just urban areas. The Telecom Act of 1996 did that. It forced, via government mandate, a change in the telco pricing and made "cross subsidization" explicit from internal industry to external customer. They served rural areas prior to the "universal service fee". With all due respect, do some research...it's so simple these days.
said by Indymike:Maybe you might want to do a little research on the history of the telephone systems PRIOR to AT&T becoming a monopoly provider and then being broke up. Prior to ATT being a monopoly, there was heavy competition.
In retrospect, there were lots of wires but no mandatory interconnection. Today we can interconnect pretty much anywhere. Rural and urban in the past were overbuilt. Again, I should point a link, but the history is easy enough to find in your library. |
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said by Indymike:AT&T (Ma Bell) was given "right of way" via the government to build out the telephone network. "Easement" does not equal "right of way". Look it up.
They were also allowed to charge the "Universal Service Fee" from EVERYONE so that they would service rural areas instead of just urban areas.
USF on DSL stopped years ago.
Maybe you might want to do a little research on the history of the telephone systems PRIOR to AT&T becoming a monopoly provider and then being broke up.
I've done enough research to know that no tax money was provided to the telcos.
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said by Indymike:AT&T (Ma Bell) was given "right of way" via the government to build out the telephone network. And CATV was given the right to use "TELEPHONE' poles. I know history; I know US were number 1 until US danced to the MCI/WorldCome tune. |
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