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List:       inet-access
Subject:    Graft & Greed (was: Re: The State of DSL (that was: Zyan Squeezing Resellers....))
From:       "Jason Simonds" <jjs () midcoast ! com>
Date:       2000-10-31 14:52:20
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Has anyone considered that the CLEC process and the Telcom act 
were nothing but complicated Trojan Horse manuevers?

Ask any ISP if the Telcom industry is corrupt.

Ask CLEC's if they are making any money.

How is it that the ISP industry can see the situation for what it is, yet it 
constitutes as if it is acceptable behavior? In discussing this with 
someone outside the ISP industry, they suggested using the 
FCC/FTC/PUC/Congress as a conduit for a solution. I told them that 
the telco industry owns these entities and that getting anyone in these 
entities to listen was useless.

I find it rather insulting to live in the bastion of capitalism while I am 
surrounded by corruption that would make Rockefeller blush. I am 
told I live in the best country in the world, all the while graft and greed 
rule our government and regulatory bodies.... 

... 





Here lie the words of Allen Marsalis <list@inet-access.net> on 30 Oct 00, 

> >If you don't want to deal with being a customer, become a CLEC. It's
> >not hard, nor does it require that much money.
> >
> 
> All it takes is time and money...  (and lawyers)
> 
> that's quite a lot to ask of local ISP nowadays..  I just saw
> another free provider yesterday (Barnes and Noble bookstore)..
> 
> At the same time, I can't imagine ISP's becoming telcos in response to
> unfair politics..  In fact, that's precisely why I wouldn't want to be
> a telco and compete/depend on a hugh monopoly with politicians in
> their pockets..
> 
> Allen
> am@shreve.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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