[10939] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The FCC strikes the Internet (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Tue Mar 15 05:07:58 1994
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: barney@databus.com (Barney Wolff)
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 23:37:36 -0600 (CST)
Cc: karl@mcs.com, barney@databus.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9403141904.AA25127@uu6.psi.com> from "Barney Wolff" at Mar 14, 94 02:04:32 pm
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> As tempting as it might be to socket to the LECs, I don't think it is
> entirely appropriate to make up for years of abuse by requiring that
> interconnections to IXCs or value-added services must be provided at
> zero price. Close to zero, sure, but the cost is not zero.
Right. I'm not saying <zero>, I'm saying cost recovery. That's
reasonable. What is not is continuing to allow leveraging of monopoly
advantage which these folks have had for years.
> There were an awful lot of "requires" in your plan - doesn't this just
> perpetuate the endless hearings before PUCs? Given the number of wires
> and pipes coming to my house anyway (elec, gas, water, sewer, phone,
> cable) I'm reasonably certain that the argument that the local loop is a
> natural monopoly is going or gone.
Only as long as you have to connect to the others without settlements being
enforced. Right now that's not the case.
> I'd be awfully tempted to let
> "neighborhoods" bid out their LEC needs, and let the process progress.
> (Sorta like Clinton's health care coops?) Or just say that on Jan 1, 2000
> all rate and service regulation will end. (I know it really should be
> 2001, but that's giving them too much time.)
That'll work.
> (Back to the bee in my bonnet.) Would you allow one of your $20/mo users
> to run a listserv? Could you tell?
In fact, we have several people who do run mailing lists on those accounts.
Not huge ones, but lists, yes. :-)
Surprise.
> Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
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