[36267] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: California PUC blocks Northpoint shutdown
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Hannan)
Sun Apr 1 03:49:19 2001
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 23:42:34 -0800
From: Alan Hannan <alan@routingloop.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
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In-Reply-To: <20010330191135.A10140@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com>; from msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com on Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 07:11:35PM -0800
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This is California. First we ordered our power company to
lose money until it goes out of business so we could nationalize
its assets.
Why shouldn't we be able to do the same to telecommunications
companies?
Okay, so Mr. Davis didn't force NPNT to run at a loss, but
he should be able to save the citizens' DSL just like
he's saving our power.
(implied sarcasm througout)
Pay for it? We're californians. We don't need to pay for it.
We'll just raise state tax to 15% to tax our silicon valley
employees. That'll allow us to keep failing business operating.
-a
Thus spake Majdi S. Abbas (msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com)
on or about Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 07:11:35PM -0800:
>
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 02:23:27PM -0800, Mike Batchelor wrote:
> > http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010330/wr/northpoint_shutdown_dc_2.html
>
> We now return you to your regularly scheduled fits of
> laughter at the expense of the CPUC. Never before has such a
> small organization perpetually amused so many.
>
> I'd really like the CPUC to explain to both me and the
> bankruptcy court who's going to pay for that. Regardless, the
> company has ceased to exist, and the contracts are void. It's
> over, and some people need to accept it and get on with their
> lives.
>
> --msa
