* Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> [010720 18:00]: > The cost to buy and install the technology to provide DSL service is increasing. > As customer demand increases, we are committed to expanding the availability of > this high value product to as many customers as possible across our 14-state > coverage area. Read as: We gouged out our DSL competition and now the cable providers are actually providing service, whereas we have no money to do so without a loss. Now that we have a monopoly, we will be happy to piss on the users and charge the same rates as those damn cable companies that have this monopoly that makes no sense to us circuit switched people! How dare they keep competitiors off by only doing packet-based services that are non-regulated (yet). How dare they upgrade their infrastructure. And how dare they compete with us! ----- (note: cable providers *could* allow others on their lines, but then we would end up with the 'original' sprint ION. see: your fav provider <--- ION ---> You. your fav. providers would be picked by you for phone/internet/video/etc. and the ION service would bill you by the amount of packet-switched services you used for the month. Just wait until you see bills for by-the-kbyte for your local loop! With 'business' style unlimited plans that are way overpriced! What will qwest do then? oh, catch up of course and start working like that.) Oh, did I mention, I'm a pessimist? -- Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> <sdier at debian.org> http://www.ringworld.org/ #linuxos at irc.openprojects.net -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010720/27641b2d/attachment.pgp