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KrK
Heavy Artillery For The Little Guy
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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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TheMadSwede
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| 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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| 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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