[39018] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SBC forcing new contract on ISPs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Balling)
Mon Jun 25 14:43:41 2001
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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 11:40:34 -0700
To: Bruce Robertson <bruce@greatbasin.net>,
"Christopher A. Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com>
From: Derek Balling <dredd@megacity.org>
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At 11:23 AM -0700 6/25/01, Bruce Robertson wrote:
>So the upshot is that I won't sign a contract that forces me to do something
>impossible, and certainly against by business interests.
... so then your contract expires, and only SBC remains.
This hurts SBC precisely how, again?
Not faulting you, in fact I applaud your stance, but let's not harbor
any delusions that your stance will do anything but benefit SBC. The
more people who end their SBC contracts that way, the more DSL
customers are suddenly beached looking for a quick reinstall,
something you can bet SBC will be poised to provide.
D
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