[9737] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Another quickie on levels of telco service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Clay Shirky)
Tue Jan 18 23:35:33 1994
From: Clay Shirky <clays@panix.com>
To: PGSMITH@ucsvax.ucs.umass.edu (Pres Smith)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 23:34:14 -0500 (EST)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <01H7UD01WLWI8Y8I82@phobos.ucs.umass.edu> from "Pres Smith" at Jan 18, 94 10:05:09 pm
[details of falling ld costs versus rising local costs omitted]
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> This is not meant to question the original point--I favored the
> breakup of A T & T and would like to have seen it go further, but
> the "let them eat cake" stuff has gone unchallenged too long.
By noting the changes Sprint brought about I meant to show that the increase
in service and decrease in cost came about as a result of competition. This
is not "let them eat cake" on my part; on the contrary I favor the extension
of competition into local markets, which I believe will bring about the
same advantages to local users.
--
Clay Shirky
