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Re: Lesson Learned 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. |
