mocycler
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join:2001-01-22
Naperville, IL
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
4 edits | reply to boogie74
Re: business is business
You forgot something...if you say something supportive of the CLECs, you're "pro-consumer". If you say something supportive of the Bells, you are a "shill".
The Telecom Act has been in effect since 1996. Since then there has been substantial technological upgrades and broadband penetration...and it's not because the CLECs have been hard at work building out their network. What have these CLECs been doing for the last eight years to improve things? This is less about interference from a monopoly and more about CLEC management being so lame that most of them can't stay out of bankruptcy court even after having a fully-functional network handed to them on a silver platter.
And boogie is right about the "but RBOCs get government breaks" bit. Most of the broadband infrastructure was implemented after the Telecomm Act, so arguing that AT&T got a right-of-way in 1920 now entitles every Joe Telco to a free ride on Ma Bell's bus is just a red herring...and a dumb one at that. If that's really true, the CLECs are an equal party to the BS since they are using the exact same network the taxpayers allegedly subsidized.
Peace,
mocycler
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