[37258] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: HR 1542 [OT, anti-BS attempt, US]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fletcher E Kittredge)
Tue May 8 08:29:02 2001
Message-Id: <200105081226.f48CQlp01758@smtp.gwi.net>
To: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@civicnet.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Message from Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@civicnet.org>
of "Mon, 07 May 2001 16:55:35 EDT." <Pine.GSO.4.05.10105071653020.2674-100000@ntcorp.dn.net>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 08:26:46 -0400
From: Fletcher E Kittredge <fkittred@dargo.gwi.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> > > call AT&T/MediaOne/TCI, AOL/Time Warner, Adelphia, or Charter "small
> > > entrepreneurs." These guys engage in monopoly tactics that rank right up
> > > there with those of the ILECs.
> >
> > 1) You quoted me out of context. 2) Do you have a point? Obviously the
> > above are not small entrepreneurs. But then, I never said they were.
>
> A very simple one: we are not seeing much in the way of serious
> competition, and HR1542 will simply make things worse.
Couldn't agree with you more. I also long for the days when I was in
an academic environment with folk capable of closely reading text.
You have attributed to me opinions I don't have and knocked down a
straw man. Zero progress made.
good luck,
fletcher
