[89710] in Cypherpunks
New WorldCom Order
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (TruthMonger)
Mon Nov 10 16:20:20 1997
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:30:26 -0600
From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
http://www.msnbc.com/news/122668.asp
Re: WorldCom-MCI Merger
Internet access rates? It might raise them.
Indirectly, it could increase the cost of doing business for
Internet Access Providers, or ISPs. WorldCom would now own a
large part of the Internet backbone. All ISPs pay fees to
connect to the backbone. Sprint would be rates for ISPs,
which would be passed along to Internet consumers.
Sidenote: To those kind and not-so-kind souls who took the time
to inform me that my WorldCom prediction was ludicrous, because
of the fact that MCI already had a done-deal in the bag with
British TeleCom...
Tthhhppptttoooee!
TthhhppptttoooeeMonger
