ATTek
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| reply to Matt
Re: Agree 100%
said by Matt  :What happened to the innovative minds at Bell that produced all the wonderful technology of the 50's, 60's and 70's? What happened in the 70's to turn the company in the direction it's currently in? Judge Green, divestiture, and the public complaining that communication was too expensive and ending the pure monopoly would would solve it all. Not saying that it's incorrect, but it seems like a strange coincidence that the true innovation stopped at the same time.
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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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Tulsa, OK | The competition drove the innovation. The innovation started stopping as the competition has been disappearing. |
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batterup
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| said by KrK :The competition drove the innovation. The innovation started stopping as the competition has been disappearing. Nothing could be farther from the truth, unless it is Teltruth. See the history lesson above. |
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KrK
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Tulsa, OK
·AT&T Yahoo
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·AT&T Southwest
| Absolutely it is the truth. I can point to several examples. Immediately after the TA1996 Act, my current ISP (a great one) called ioNET announced plans to move into highspeed, DSL and dedicated IP, phone service lines. Way before SBC.
They spend a lot of money upgrading and buying equipment are adhering to regulations. SBC blocked them at every turn, and never let them deploy. They stalled them for 3 years.
Meanwhile SBC didn't offer DSL here.... They kept trying to sell ISDN and T-1 lines.... Until Cox cable begin introducing "Cox@home". Then suddenly SBC began rushing to to get DSL on the market... at the very, very end of 1999 it came into limited availability. I was one of the first 25 people in the city to get it.... 3 years after ioNET had prequalified me for it.
That's just purely from my experience.
Classic case of competition forcing the incumbent to get off it's ass and do something.
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batterup
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Netcong, NJ
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| said by KrK :Absolutely it is the truth. I can point to several examples. Immediately after the TA1996 Act, my current ISP (a great one) called ioNET announced plans to move into highspeed, DSL and dedicated IP, phone service lines. Way before SBC. Classic case of competition forcing the incumbent to get off it's ass and do something. Your ISP is a leech. Run the fiber and build the network. Google was exposed for the leech they are when they did not buy the 700 Mhz spectrum and then give it away as they said they would. |
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a333
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Rego Park, NY
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| How's that an example of a leech? SBC/whatever baby bell you get service from, got the tax dollars to deploy broadband AND their monopoly on infrastructure in exchange for playing by certain RULES... including, in 1996, letting competing ISP's use their infrastructure. Ideally, that last mile ought to be the government's, and they should lease the lines to any ISP/telco, including the ILEC. Unfortunately, money will always change hands, and at the end of the day, it's the consumer that gets screwed... |
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batterup
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| said by a333 :How's that an example of a leech? SBC/whatever baby bell you get service from, got the tax dollars to deploy broadband AND their monopoly on infrastructure in exchange for playing by certain RULES... You are playing the same old song and no one is dancing. Ma Bell is dead and those that suckled at the poison teat of MCI are dust in the wind. |
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