On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:30:27 -0500, Faisal Imtiaz wrote > I have a very tough time trying to figure out who is 'friendly' & > 'Sympathetic' to the cause of the ISP's at the FCC.
Wrong perspective. They are trying to look "friendly" to consumers, not to us. We're just the purse to pick. > > After watching the 'process' and 'negotiations' which resulted in the > approval of AT&T purchase of BellSouth, I cannot tell who did more 'damage' > to the ISP's , the Republican Commissioners for un-bashfully > supporting THE ILEC's agenda or the Democrat Commissioners who > insisted that the ILEC offer very low cost DSL Service / Naked DSL > service at a very low cost only to the consumers for at least a 2 > year period ! I can survive AT&T merging with Bellsouth. I can survive and, in fact, flourish, in the face of behemoth telcos. I can't survive artificially fixed prices below my cost. In the instance above, I know which would hurt me and which would not. > > ----> > My take so far is that the Republican Commissioners are hell bent on > 'shooting' the ISP's and the Democrat Commissioners are following > behind to make sure that the ISP Coffins are double nailed shut, > just incase the ISP's reincarnate. I'm not really understanding why you think the ISP's are particularly hurt by a merger. Could you explain? > > Yes, very scary ! Very very scary !. > > Watching these guys operate, it is getting harder and harder to believe > their line "ah, we did not have any intentions to hurt you in the > process, we were just trying to fix things". Heh, well... I had to bring up the R word, but Limbaugh says that "any government fix is never a solution, just the creation of new problems". I tend to agree, since we rarely anticipate the reactions to restrictions, taxes, or legislation. Build your network to be competitive NO MATTER WHAT anyone else does. Stay out of debt, treat your customers like the are the lifeblood they are, and you'll do ok. > > Faisal Imtiaz > -------------------------------------------- Mark Koskenmaki <> Neofast, Inc Broadband for the Walla Walla Valley and Blue Mountains 541-969-8200 -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
