[83752] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gary E. Miller)
Tue Aug 23 18:27:43 2005
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:26:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com>
To: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <B1FC61B1-6940-49FA-8DA3-97732A0ADCD7@muada.com>
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Yo Iljitsch!
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
> So I guess the choice is between lots of broadband against monopoly prices or
> less broadband at lower prices?
You forget the third choice the AT&T taught us so well before the big
breakup:
Less broadband at higher prices.
Just look at how hard it has been to get Qwest to fulfill their promises
of more broadband outside of the cities in return for less state control
over prices.
RGDS
GARY
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