calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| Doomed by incompetence from the beginning.... It appears the deal probably never guaranteed anything--by not specifying a price for 45 Mb service, they PUC left itself open to the current situation--VZ can claim 45 Mb is "available" everywhere--but only at outrageous cost and rates.
This deal is typical of the "exchanges" that ILECs have participated in--the key element of which is they get what they want (rate increase, higher burden on competitors, etc.) right away and some ill-defined "community benefit" is to follow. Any PUC that currently accepts such a deal is either ignorant or corrupt. (Anyone from the Illinois or Oklahoma Commissions care to identify which they are?)
Sadly, this is reminiscent of the '90's when the electric utilities pushed "automated meter reading" as a way to "save money"--but the funny thing was, in order to save money, the utilities always wanted a rate increase or surcharge to pay for the new equipment! Smart Commissions said that the utilities should pay out of the savings--Dumb Commissions granted the requests.
Calvoiper
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VoIP--the death knell of remaining voice monopolies! |
