> Oh, well, that's something else. That does not mean Vitts was > regulated differently. That just means that only a certain population > cared when Vitts folded, and that population wasn't big enough to do > anything drastic about it. It would appear the regulations are the > same. No?
No, the FCC says that if nobody else can get you service the rules are different. I don't know that they spell them out then in their pretty webpages. > So I point out that you, yourself, might be in a similar boat: If > the people in charge at the PUC couldn't get good telecom service, I'm > sure they'd do something about Verizon *then*. But since it's just > you people who have the misfortune to live in a rural area North of > Concord, well, then, that's no big deal. Unless you are you. In > which case, it's a big deal, indeed. True, I suspect! I should investigate. >> Sometimes life is like that - that doesn't mean the >> government should interfere in markets. > > Didn't you just post a link to the FCC website declaring that they > should do exactly that? They will, but I believe they should not. A pissed-off populous is good for getting things done. > Never forget that it is a consequence of laissez-faire economics > that the customers who made the mistake of choosing the looser in an > economic battle deserve what they get, and should be hung out to dry. True. I don't know whether the CLEC arrangement is a good way to deal with natural monopolies or if it simply ameliorates a situation that would be better solved in its absence. One might use Comcast VOIP as a point of comparison. >>>> Only in PSNH country. > > Thanks for making my point for me! :-) I guess I misunderstood what it was then. ;) PSNH appears to be very poorly managed while others aren't. Perhaps the real question is, "what do you do about a poorly managed monopoly?" I guess nobody knows? >> Ah. Well, that sounds somewhat better, although "burn all their > cash-on-hand" doesn't exactly sound promising. Would that just mean > they'd run out of money later rather than sooner? Depends if things ever turn around from the "all-worst-case" scenario, I suppose. Certainly many public companies have very little cash on hand compared to their stock price. One of our favorites has more in outstanding stock option liabilities than liquid assets. > Unfortunately, I'm not really qualified to interpret big corporate > financial statements. Of course, I have to ask: Are you? (And if you > are, how do I talk you into becoming the GNHLUG Treasurer? :) ) I'm just reiterating what the PUC said. I guess I have been known to watch CNBC more often than I should, that's about it. > No argument there. Maybe the proper solution is to have everyone > write their state legislature and have them fix *that* problem? Excellent. What should we say? > One proposed alternative which may help is called "structural > separation". Briefly, it means one company owns the common > infrastructure -- copper/fiber on the poles, CO buildings, termination > points, etc., -- but is forbidden from participating in proving > service on same. I understand this is the model that wireless telecomm operates under in Finland and it's a non-zero-sum game in which everybody is pretty happy. > Disclaimer: Though who have been abused by the ILEC tend to be in > favor of structural separation. Maybe I'm just parroting my peer > group's groupthink. I do wonder why CLEC's haven't made this a de-facto arrangement. One might have supposed that after Telecomm '96 CLEC's would have offered such good packages that Verizon would wind up a network operator. That didn't happen. I'd like to know why. > http://isp-lists.isp-planet.com/isp-wireless/ Cool, thanks. -Bill ----- Bill McGonigle, Owner Work: 603.448.4440 BFC Computing, LLC Home: 603.448.1668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: 603.252.2606 http://www.bfccomputing.com/ Page: 603.442.1833 Blog: http://blog.bfccomputing.com/ VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
