Bingo! It had nothing to do with the wireless business. On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Fred Goldstein <[email protected]>wrote:
> At 7/17/2011 01:44 PM, RickG wrote: > >So it wasnt "the 1996 Telecom Act that allowed us (ISP's) to be able > >to go into the business of providing > >internet access and other communication services" > > It didn't allow entry into the internet business per se. > > It allowed entry into the DSL business. > It allowed entry into the local dial tone business. This is worth > good money to some ISPs today, and it was necessary to prevent the > PSTN from melting down during the dial-up boom in 1997-2000. The > Bell alternative was to price ISPs too high to create congestion. > It led to EELs, which allow some ISP-CLECs to reach non-local > commercial customers at much lower rates than Special Access. > > -- > Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com > ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ > +1 617 795 2701 > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- -RickG
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