patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
| reply to morbo
Re: Stupid Time Warner
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. |
