[44378] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BT monopoly causes widespread network failure
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Mcadams)
Wed Nov 21 15:40:43 2001
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 15:38:19 -0500
From: Jeff Mcadams <jeffm@iglou.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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Also sprach Sean M. Doran
>Sean Donelan writes:
>| The joy of single provider service.
>No, you mean: the joy of a rapacious monopoly with a spineless
>regulator.
BellSouth and the FCC and Kentucky Public Service Commission?
Oh, you're still talking about BT...sorry.
>BT has successfully stalled opening itself up to competition as
>required by EU and UK law, by sitting on the local loop.
Like BellSouth.
>Meanwhile, they themselves are deliberately slow on rolling out modern
>broadband services (e.g., xDSL) compared to the EU average.
Like BellSouth.
>In short, the UK is *the* backwater of Europe when it comes to
>high-speed Internet connectivity -- it is rare to find at all, and when
>you find it, it's not cheap.
Like Kentucky.
>You have evil incumbents in the USA too. Beware.
Ah...here we're back to talking about BellSouth again. I knew I was
right in the first place! :)
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