On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Robert Merrill <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mar 7, 2010 12:46 PM, "Ryan Simpkins" <[email protected]> wrote: > > When Qwest finally dies, and we are left with Comcast only - how do you > regulate them? Does this eventually move us to deregulated telcos? > > Um, Telecom is already deregulated: > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996 > If it wasn't, Comcast wouldn't even be in the market for phone service at > all. Pure capitalism (deregulation) caused all-out war between the > long-distance companies in the late 90s. Remember the 5cents/minute > long-distance plans? All that market efficiency almost caused them to kill > themselves all off. > > It is better this way, overall. >
Sorry but the FCC likes to stick its nose in where it doesn't belong making the telco industry not 100% deregulated. If you don't know what I mean I'm referring to the fact that Qwest & other phone companies are required to allow other carriers to use their lines for less than cost. If that isn't regulation I don't know what is. I believe that is part of why they were able to offer the 5 cent per minuter long distance at that time. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
