[39026] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SBC forcing new contract on ISPs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Mcadams)
Mon Jun 25 15:11:20 2001
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:49:41 -0400
From: Jeff Mcadams <jeffm@iglou.com>
To: Derek Balling <dredd@megacity.org>
Cc: Bruce Robertson <bruce@greatbasin.net>,
"Christopher A. Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com>, nanog@merit.edu
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Also sprach Derek Balling
>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?
It hurts them big time when the state Utilities Commission looks at the
situation and starts asking why on earth all of these ISPs are suddenly
exiting the DSL marketplace. It will particularly hurt them if one or
more of the ISPs files a formal complaint with the Utility Commission.
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