Craig, What was done by NSI to hinder competition? Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Craig McTaggart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 12:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Regulation? [Was: Re: [IFWP] Fwd: Re: Power Politics and the N ew Internet Order] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Roberto, > > Please help me understand your thinking. > > Chuck > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roberto Gaetano [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] <snip> > > But something happened, that I would call the "uncle > Scroogy" syndrome: the > recent actions from NSi seem to me more in the direction of > keeping the > monopoly than preparing for the new competitive market that > will > (eventually) rise from this monopolistic situation. > > (Text deleted) Indeed, NSI *is* preparing for the new competitive market, by exploiting its position as the incumbent to make competition as difficult as possible. This is pretty standard stuff in formerly monopolized industries, long distance and local telecom come to mind. Former monopolists have no incentive to facilitate competition, so regulators have to force them to. The FCC and CRTC's attempts to open up telecom markets to competition are illustrative. The tricky question here is whether there is a regulator with enough clout to *force* competition. This can't all come as news, Chuck. Now if you could help me understand NSI's thinking, if it isn't as described above. Craig McTaggart Graduate Student University of Toronto Faculty of Law [EMAIL PROTECTED]
