[12003] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Invitation to participate in AADSnet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph W. Stroup)
Sat Apr 30 01:11:33 1994
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 1994 19:48:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Joseph W. Stroup" <nettech@crl.com>
To: steve@mailhost.interaccess.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9404292001.AA18515@mailhost.interaccess.com>
Look fool, I am not whining. You have no idea as to how to dal with
Ameritech or what type of "Activity" they might be up to. The Chamber of
Commerce ? Get real. I have had more positive results in one day than 14
months. There is a message to be sent here and the RBOC's do listen.
Restrain trade and you will get sued. If you lost $$$$ you would be
bitching as well.
Joseph Stroup
On Fri, 29 Apr 1994 steve%mailhost.interaccess.com@crl.crl.com wrote:
> > ...Maybe that is why Michigan Bell
> > /Ameri-Turd "failed to provide" quality services in a timely fashion to
> > customers that they (the BOC) did not want to compete with. ISDN delays,
> > Feature Group Excuses, Packet problems, Inter-Lata access hassles, on and
> > on. Why am I angry , because Ameritech has directly tried to impede the
> > progress of small to medium Internet providers. You connect this with the
> > crap that ANS and Merit are up to along with MCI , you end up with one
> > heck of a restraint of trade. I hope this gets forwarded direct to
> > Ameri-Slime HQ.
>
> Look, you're missing a small point here: Ameritech has a Federally mandated
> monopoly. Are they sleeping with other large monopolies (ANS, MCI, AT&T)?
> Yes. Will they do their best to block small and medium Internet providers?
> Yes. I hardly think a complaint to Ameritech will solve anything.
>
> What can you do? Join the local Chamber of Commerce. File complaints against
> your local monopolies. Write nasty letters to your local representative. Go
> firebomb the local phone switch, for all I care. Then, in 5-10 years you
> might actually see some improvement. Until then, stop whining about how
> hard your life is.
>
