[83754] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP's In Uproar Over Verizon-MCI Merger
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fergie (Paul Ferguson))
Tue Aug 23 18:54:05 2005
From: "Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 22:52:21 GMT
To: gem@rellim.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
..and life is probably going to get a lot more interesting
for service providers.
All today, we have leaders in the field with completely opposite
views of the word:
U.S. Broadband Policy Exists -- And Works, Claims NTIA's Gallagher
http://www.advancedippipeline.com/169600336
[and]
Nortel chief: U.S. needs new broadband vision
http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/23/HNnortelchief_1.html
And just to make life more fun, it looks like there's an effort
afoot to get VoIP consumers to pay (read: tax) into the USF:
New taxes could slam Net phone users
http://news.com.com/New+taxes+could+slam+Net+phone+users/2100-7352_3-5842237.html
So, aren't you glad that life isn't boring? ;-)
- ferg
-- "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com> wrote:
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.
--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
Engineering Architecture for the Internet
fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net
ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
