>>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.
Folks,
although I think this is rather off-topic (is the philosophy list still
available?), let me add a few thoughts:
- local calls haven't gone down because it's much more cost-effective to
install a couple of big lines that connect two cities and are used by
thousands of people than to connect one house to the telephone net, which
will (at best) be used by around 50 people.
- the one who profits most is still the industry, as they can cut special
deals for whole company buildings.
- I'm lucky unsolicited phone calls of this sort are illegal in Germany.
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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