[11893] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Telecomm regulation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Sat Apr 23 02:21:02 1994
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 94 10:17 EDT
From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
To: avg@sprint.net
Cc: brodsky@radiomail.net, mech@eff.org, com-priv@psi.com,
frezza@radiomail.net, stahlman@radiomail.net
In-Reply-To: <199404220249.WAA05666@titan.sprintlink.net> (message from Vadim Antonov on Thu, 21 Apr 1994 22:49:30 -0400)
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 22:49:30 -0400
From: Vadim Antonov <avg@sprint.net>
Of course, i don't argue with thesis that legistlative
methods of regulation do not provide adequate
responsiveness in the ever-faster changing world.
The ideal thing would be to provide some kind
of "automatic" controls like those used by stock
exchanges to prevent crashes.
There is. It's called the free market. It responds perfectly to
people's desires. This is unattractive to people who do not make
enough money in a free market, e.g. Ma Bell, which shut out
competitors by convincing government to mandate a certain level of
quality that only it could provide. Of course, this was done in the
name of consumer protection.
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