cramer
join:2007-04-10
Raleigh, NC
kudos:7 | reply to bluedyedvd
Re: dsl users have a choice on what dsl provider they use. If I were drinking Dew, it'd be dripping out of my nose right now. This isn't 1999. 99% of 3rd party DSL providers were pushed out of the market by the local "we own the wire" telcos -- the ones from whom you say have to allow access. When a UNE costs $60/mo, you cannot compete with the telco provided service at $40/mo. Sure, on paper they're required to sell lines, but the costs will not be competitive -- and as Covad has proven all over the country, the local telco does screw with their lines and drag their feet fixing *any* issue. (I've been a Covad customer [read: reseller], and had to deal with this stupid crap personally.)
Like the dialup days of old, the days of anyone being as ISP ended long ago. The local telco doesn't want any competition, and has complete authority to prevent it. |
