Charlie, et. al., > As to Steve's point, however, I think the bill is quite clear: > > "neither any State or local government, nor any entity affiliated with such > a government, shall provide any telecommunications, telecommunications > service, information service, or cable service in any geographic area within > the jurisdiction of such government in which a corporation or other private > entity that is not affiliated with any State or local government is offering > a substantially similar service." > > I read this as: don't offer a service in an area where the private sector is > already offering a service. Is it an impossible stretch of the imagination > to say that where private companies are NOT offering a service that the > government MAY do so? Do others disagree? > This is deja vu "all over again".
Here's the thing. The telcos *say* they are offering the service. But guess what? They offer it...BUT YOU CAN'T GET IT! hahaha! The joke is on us! This is *so* similar to 10-15 years ago when the baby Bells were saying all they needed were a few billion in tax breaks and they would have fiber to the home in 4 years. Well, they got the breaks, worth billions, and never delivered the fiber. Oops! I am sure that was just some little oversight. They *meant* to provide fiber...they just forgot! Well, with so much going on in the telecom business, you can certainly understand how THAT could happen! This is no different. Of COURSE they are "offering" wireless *just about everywhere*. they can show you their plans. They put it in their long-range work plan, fer gosh sakes. Just like they are "offering" DSL in Charlotte, NC, where I live. But why can't I get DSL from BellSouth? Oh, they offer it in their service district, but just not my PART of the service district (lata). That is telecom-speak. Always has been. If you believe anything else for longer than a New York minute, then please contact me about my "near the high water line" property. My $0.15 Steve Snow [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
