macyh
Ex-Isp
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join:2001-04-24
Medina, OH
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Re: They make it all but impossible
Same game the telco's always play, do just enough to gain plausible denialability with the regulars, but do it s-l-o-w-l-y. Whine to the commission about it, meanwhile try to buy a backdoor solution with PR and lobbying.
The game here is attrition thru strict telco-interpreted compliance with any rule they don't like. Telco's are masters of regulatory foot dragging, everything will have to be in writing and take at least two weeks to get a response. Of course, paperwork will be lost. Of course, the DSL co. will bear the brunt of new customers' frustration and is the company that can least afford the loss of the new business as their customers give up and move back to Bell.
In the meantime, the telco lawyers will repeatedly appear in front of the commission with studies and reports, saying "we're doing all we can to implement these terribly expensive and difficult rules that have been imposed upon us". And the telco lobbyists will be buying lunch for the state legislators pitching a new "deregulation" bill that will outlaw line sharing, thus trumping competition and the state commission.
Geez, you'd think the FCC and the PUC's would be wise to this, but they always, always let it happen in the end. After all, telco's make huge campaign contributions to both parties, while DSL competitor don't. And you know who hires the commission members... |
