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ravital
Just Another Pesky Independent Nh Voter
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join:2001-07-19
Merrimack, NH
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Re: Deregulation - Good or Bad? Sounds like both.
You are typing on a deregulated broadband? So am I. My brodaband is rarely above 1500Kbps, most of the time around 800, all too often around 400, or down altogether. What does that prove, that deregulation is better or worse? No, it proves you live in a community with more muscle than mine or that is more commercially attractive to the providers than mine. Nothing else.
[text was edited by author 2002-06-16 12:51:23]
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mechanicsc
Nothing Could Be Finer
join:2001-07-02
Townville, SC
| reply to chex5
said by chex:
...and I would be stuck with crappy and slow Verizon PPPOE DSL 768/90 kbps, and I would have NO CHOICE.
Regulation is what gave you the choice on the broadband, buddy. The regulation that states that phone companies have to share their lines with competing DSL providers, etc. is the one to which I refer. The one that they are trying to get removed because cable doesn't have similar regulation.
Without the regulation, you would have NO CHOICE. Better get that Verizon modem warmed up, because if the telcos are successful in their endeavor to get that regulation lifted, you're going to be back on Verizon like it or not.
Still think deregulation is good? 
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cmaenginsb
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join:2001-03-19
Palmdale, CA | reply to chex5
I'm sorry but if wasn't for the regulation that requires ILECs to open up their COs your only choice would be Verizon. | |
chex5
join:2000-05-24
NorthEnd BOS
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Sorry to disagree, but I am typing at you on a 'deregulated' broadband line. I am a DSLi/Worldcom DSL customer, and I couldn't be happier. I have twice the service, and speed, and choice offering then would be offered by my 'incumbent' Verizon.
I have cheaper/better service telephone, internet, air fares. Instead of taking the one-size fits all approach, I can pick and choose what features I need and am willing to pay for, and what ones I don't. If there was no deregulation in these three industries, it would cost $1000 bucks to fly to San Francisco, 20 cents/minute to call New York, 1 dollar a minute to call Europe, and I would be stuck with crappy and slow Verizon PPPOE DSL 768/90 kbps, and I would have NO CHOICE.
NO Thanks!
- Stefan in Allston
said by mechanicsc:
said by Nightfall:
Deregulation isn't a win-win situation for everyone.
True. It's a win-lose situation.
Deregulation is a "win" situation for companies.
Deregulation is a "lose" situation for consumers.
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