At 8:34 AM -0700 on 12/26/99, Rob Cozens wrote:
>>>Anthony: I _hate_ the FCC.
>>>
>>>Alain: What have they ever done to you, Anthony?
>>
>>Given far less choice in the marketplace, for years enforced a telephone
>>monopoly,
>
>Anthony, et al:
>
>What benefit has any "ordinary" individual seen from deregulation of the
>telephone monopoly? My telephone bills haven't decreased; but the amount
>of time I spend responding to unsolicited requests to change long distance
>carriers seems to grow every year.
Long distance rates have gone far down -- just consider all those
x�-a-minute deals. Local hasn't really been effected, as there is still no
competition. no doubt in part due to the FCC -- remember, the local BOC's
are still trying to keep AT&T out, for example.
