[12747] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: EFF and the big bad T (tax) word [long]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Fri May 27 21:01:25 1994
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
Date: Fri, 27 May 1994 03:06:10 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: willis@cs.tamu.edu, frezza@radiomail.net,
alt-politics-datahighway@cs.utexas.edu, com-priv@psi.com, djw@eff.org,
don.wills@swc.com
In-Reply-To: <199405261817.AA21420@world.std.com> from "Barry Shein" at May 26, 94 02:17:04 pm
>
> >From: Willis Marti <willis@cs.tamu.edu>
> >I guess I've been in the same place, though I don't know what you mean by
> >a pretty good clip. It's true one of the cellular operators in a city is
> >non-wireline. It's also true that in a few high density areas, there have
> >been companies to skim off certain business accounts. But i'd have to
> >believe less than 1% of US phones have any choice in dialtone provider.
> >Do you have data different from that?
>
> I have already been approached by one credible (i.e. company whose
> name I know well), alternate dialtone provider in Boston (NYNEX
> region.)
>
> As I understood it there was a court decision that mandated access to
> dialtone which took effect 1/1/94.
>
> Obviously implementation will take some time. But it's happening.
>
> -Barry Shein
You bet it is.
We have alternatives coming online in Chicago as well. And, given the fact
that Ameritech can't manage to get ANYTHING installed right the first time,
you can bet your last nickel we're talking to them in earnest.
The telco attitude is going to kill the old wireline companies as soon as
people have that choice -- unless they lose the attitude RIGHT NOW.
We've already billed Ameritech <twice> for their screwups in the last
month. I've gotten fed up enough that every time they cost one of my
people a wasted trip to a customer site due to their internal problems
they get the bill instead of the customer.
We'll see if they actually <pay> those bills however.
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