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KrK
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| So, as thought, Taxpayers (us) already paid for it Very interesting reading, eh?
So while the likes of SBC demand that their RT's and their networks must be blocked from competitors *so they can get a return on their investment* it turns out WE ALREADY PAID FOR THEM TO BUILD IT ALL and they're just screwing us over AGAIN. None of this is new information, but maybe spreading the news out to more people would help those threads where our ILEC supporters talk about "thieving CLEC's" and "ROI". Where's *OUR* Return on Investment?
I'll tell you where. In the Bell's pockets, that's where.
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KrK
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| Re: So, as thought, Taxpayers (us) already paid for it The more I think about it, the more annoying it is. Think about the economic damage the Bells have done and continue to do to the U.S. Economy and society as a whole. Think of the competitive edge we've blown to other nations and continue to blow. In fact, it's really not a stretch to think that many of those failed so-called Dot.coms might actually be thriving companies today if the Bells had ever made good on their broadband and FTTH deployments.
ARRRRGGGHHH!!! And Our Congressmen and regulators still do their bidding! It's a JOKE!
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| Re: So, as thought, Taxpayers (us) already paid for it said by KrK  :
In fact, it's really not a stretch to think that many of those failed so-called Dot.coms might actually be thriving companies today if the Bells had ever made good on their broadband and FTTH deployments.
Read this statement again and tell me you still mean it.
The dot-coms failed because most of them were stupid business ideas, not because there were not means for them to be deployed. The dot bomb was dropped because people are stupid and inflexible and because of one of the largest instances of groupthink to ever occur.
I can think of a lot of things on which I can blame the Bells, but the end of the dot-com era is not one of them.
The over-the-top rantings on BBR, while understandable and maybe even justified, take away from the argument instead of furthering the cause against the Bells. The Bells are not the root of all evil.
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KrK
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| Re: So, as thought, Taxpayers (us) already paid for it Note I said many not all. I'm thinking specifically of those that were counting on "Fat pipes" to people's homes, such as Telephony, Video services, Real time shopping, etc
These ideas were *not* pie in the sky ideas that would never work. They just needed consumers who had the bandwidth to deliver the services.
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| "It is the largest accounting scandal in history and the FCC and the states have just let it drop. Essentially, the Bells have been including "Vaporware", missing equipment, in their accounting for local phone rates -- for all services. And we're talking about $19 billion being missing -- and that's a finding from only 1/4 of the potential audits."
Sometimes, I hate being RIGHT. That's fraud, theft, racketeering, you name it... Criminals. Where's the picture of Ed Whitacre being led off in Handcuffs? Martha Stewart. Sheesh. She's not even a French Fry when compared to these crooks!
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| Thats besides the point if we already paid them to build it, its like a builder asking for money to build a house, but the people keep wanting to change the plans already in construction.
SBC is not going to put a RT up that grants other companies rights to use it to. No logic in it, the states are holding SBC hostage, not the other way around. Plain and simple.
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KrK
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| Re: So, as thought, Taxpayers (us) already paid for it Besides the point? Are you kidding?
So, you're saying you're willing to pay upfront for something that is never delivered, and then when you complain, they demand you pay them again...? and again?
No it's not like a Customer who keeps changing their order. The Telco controls the "features" of the network, not the consumer. The consumer just pays for it, even if it is never actually built.
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Palo Alto, CA | Expect the bell shills to start chiming in soon with disparaging remarks about teletruth and Bruce and how wrong he is, without actually being able to support their positions. As per normal... | |
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| Re: So, as thought, Taxpayers (us) already paid for it no for the most part he is right except he does not know what's going on here in california he speaks for the most part of new york as if that was the whole america, but sbc had already deploy some fiber to home in palo alto california, and here in so cal they have deploy a lot fo fiber event thou not to the home, witch is why I can get dsl being 30,000 ft from the co.
Deploying fiber is the only way the bells can survive if not cable,cell phones and internet telephony are going to take there customers, now are more options for communications than in 1995 so unless the bells deliver they will be going belly up! | |
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