morbo
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Re: Stupid Time Warner
uh, you had me until this line.
said by fiberguy  :SIMPLE, and I do mean simple, regulation of the industry is all that is needed. It worked well for the phone systems for a century. i'm not sure that the monstrosity known as AT&T monopoly was such a good thing for consumers. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| said by morbo :uh, you had me until this line. said by fiberguy :SIMPLE, and I do mean simple, regulation of the industry is all that is needed. It worked well for the phone systems for a century. i'm not sure that the monstrosity known as AT&T monopoly was such a good thing for consumers. Voluntary rural wiring (self socialism), leased equipment (guaranteed to work), very short repair turnaround time, skilled workers, no call centers, decent technology upgrades (self-dialing, touch tones, speaker phone, dial your own long distance), and high but very slowly increasing prices caused by rate of return regulation which prevented stockholder and executive management windfalls. |
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fiberguy
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join:2005-05-20
| reply to morbo
said by morbo :uh, you had me until this line. said by fiberguy :SIMPLE, and I do mean simple, regulation of the industry is all that is needed. It worked well for the phone systems for a century. i'm not sure that the monstrosity known as AT&T monopoly was such a good thing for consumers. I did?? I'll mark this day down .. sweet! lol
No, when I mean "simple regulation" I'm talking about setting basic operating rules, and rates (tariffs) and POST the break up of the bells. Trust me, too, I've been beat up enough by the phone companies in the 90's.. I'm not a huge fan of theirs, but under the days they were regulated, there was one thing that was great about them.. that was that when you called them up, you could talk to 20 representatives and you were dang near certain to get the same answer from each one. I'll give them credit for that. |
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jimbo2150
join:2004-05-10
Youngstown, OH
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said by morbo :i'm not sure that the monstrosity known as AT&T monopoly was such a good thing for consumers. I agree with morbo , but I also don't think that some regulation is going to eqate to the death of the Internet. I think you have to agree that there is some level of conflict with companies that are offering video as well wanting to prevent video sent over the internet. I support the whole idea and believe that if the companies want to keep their customers they need to keep up with the time, not stifle innovation by trying to prevent users from getting their episodes of LOST over the internet whenever they want instead of being forced to tune in at the time it is on or set to record.
Also, there are plenty of small companies that do not offer video who would be more than willing to step into areas that were once dominated by one or a two large providers. So the death of the internet? no.
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