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| So, in a town like where I'm at, you would prefer that I spend more money, for less bandwidth, om a company with minimal support, just to make a point? Mp thanks.
I am all for open and free competition. That doesn't mean however that subsidies need to be given to the competition. For the longest time, the RBOC's had to least their lines to the CLEC's at BELOW MARKET COST so the CLEC could offer the customer a $3 better phone bill and the CLEC could make money too. Yea, that's real fair too.
Instead of 100 private isp's in the area, maybe the private ISP's should get together and do some merging so that they can have a better customer and resource base. It's a lot easier for 5 local ISP's to compete with 1 RBOC than it is for 20 local ISP's to try and compete with the RBOC and the other 19 local ISP's.
I don't blame Qwest for having a better product. For Microsoft for building a better mousetrap, etc... If anyone wants to compete, fine, excellent. Do it by getting together with others, combining talents and capital, go after a strategic market, then build and grow from there. The big companies shouldn't have to be punished because a town of 100,000 people happen to have 50 people trying to do startup businesses reselling Bandwidth.
For what it's worth, the private WIRELESS ISP's are doing real well. They are competing in a market that Qwest and others can't do, and they are reaching customers that Qwest can't reach. Good for them. I'm not going to condone special treatment in order to start a business. That's almost as bad as how some people get "Special" load rates to start a business. It's suppose to stimulate economic growth, but instead the average person has to pay higher loan rates so the banks can make up for their loss. Later... Mike... |
