Can you spell Lobbyist and campaign contributions? What could it have been that motivated the majority of the Senate Communications Committee to ignore the "Net Neutrality" amendment to the Communications Bill, when it had no adverse impact and was consumer driven? Just coincidentally, of course, the Lobbyists contributed $Millions to the campaigns of the Committee members who voted down the amendment.
Just another example of our Democracy being the very best government that money can buy. I've heard there is even a covert plot by ATT et al to kidnap and ransom Vint Cerf and Al Gore. Now, I'd be willing to donate to that ransom, provided they agreed to keep both of them. Thanks, Wednesday, July 12, 2006, 10:28:02 PM, Bruce Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: BB> There's a great book I just finished, albeit somewhat one-sided in its BB> viewpoint, called, "The Rape of Ma Bell". It tells the real story about how BB> the Justice Department started the breakup of the original AT&T back in the BB> early 50s, under the Eisenhower Administration and they successfully fought BB> it - and held back on both lower prices and progress (ie: they successfully BB> stood in the way of any new products and services that might be introduced BB> by their competition) until 1982 when Judge Green forced the actual split of BB> the company. BB> Once that happened, they had the opportunity to keep pace with their new BB> competitors, but, instead, chose to micro-manage the actual split of the BB> original Bell System into smaller companies, each of which had just enough BB> knowledge to stay in business but not quite enough knowledge to stay ahead BB> of the competition. The only thing that saved the Baby Bells was all of the BB> installed infrastructure and the actual "last mile". Once they were forced BB> to start sharing that for internet connectivity to the home, Whitaker (head BB> of the former SBC and former President of Ameritech, ie: Illinois Bell) BB> decided he wanted to start putting Humpty Dumpty back together again. BB> Almost everything he's done to accomplish what he's managed so far has BB> either been illegal or under close scrutiny and it will be interesting to BB> see just how far he's able to get. BB> Unfortunately, the Justice Department has done a complete 180 on the period BB> of the Eisenhower Administration and now needs a centrally managed BB> conglomerate the equivelant of the old Bell System to be able to spy on the BB> American Citizens so they can completely and formally shred the BB> Constitution. BB> This will be an interesting next couple of years. BB> Bruce Barnes BB> BB> -----Original Message----- BB> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BB> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald E. Kushner BB> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 21:52 BB> To: [email protected] BB> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] worldnet BB> Dave Doherty wrote: >> SBC bought ATT and then changed their name to ATT. So ATT doesn't >> exist any longer. What is now called ATT is really SBC. >> >> Not that it makes a lot of difference, except to lawyers and tax >> people... BB> And the people who think AT&T bought SBC and will fix 'em. BB> AT&T's reputation is going to go down the drain. They micromanage their BB> customers and their employees. BB> -Ron BB> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html BB> List Archive: BB> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ BB> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ BB> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html BB> List Archive: BB> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ BB> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ ---- Don Brown - Dallas, Texas USA Internet Concepts, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.inetconcepts.net (972) 788-2364 Fax: (972) 788-5049 ---- To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
