[109667] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Telecom Collapse?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Thu Dec 4 02:06:57 2008
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@corp.nac.net>
To: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@gmail.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 02:06:45 -0500
In-Reply-To: <6cd462c00812032259x64e31ecdw8b31d3d9c9af0c90@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> I deliberated for a while on whether to send this, or not, but I figure
> it might be of interest to this community:
>=20
> http://techliberation.com/2008/12/04/telecom-collapse/
Good god. If there is even the mention of a LEC bailout, I am going to go i=
nsane and probably shoot someone (those who know me know this is a actual p=
ossibility).
If the phone companies had actually focused on providing good, competitive =
service, this would have never happened. Instead, they spent money and time=
on figuring out ways to screw with their competition, and have legislation=
passed that protects them.=20
People (at least the ones I know) are fed up with dealing with these compan=
ies, and many people I know don't have land lines and never intend on havin=
g them again.=20
Let them collapse. It's good for them, us, and the capitalist in you and me=
. Go buy a cell phone, and have a coke.
