Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 2:47 AM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Which government has granted the monopoly?
It's usually ... state for Telco.
Oh, it's worse than that. You forgot the whole ILEC vs CLEC
quagmire, where the company owning the
Paul Lussier writes:
Also, by definition, the gov't *is* run by idiots, even when they
get it right. Everyone gets lucky some of the time ;)
If enough people espouse and extol this way of thinking, I'm pretty
sure that this will be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Regards,
--kevin
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This is all so totally fascinating that I urge you to create
another mailing list (similar to gnhlug-jobs or gnhlug-announce)
on which this discussion can be given the attention it deserves.
After you've created that list and invited all interested
parties to join it, I'm sure the resultant
From: Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Which government has granted the monopoly?
It's usually local for cable and state for Telco.
In many municipalities the cable contract is written such that the
provider has a non-exclusive right to provide service.
Oh, interesting - the ones I've seen
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 2:47 AM, Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Which government has granted the monopoly?
It's usually ... state for Telco.
Oh, it's worse than that. You forgot the whole ILEC vs CLEC
quagmire, where the company owning the COs and outside plant is
nominally
Bill McGonigle [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Unfortunately, that's not entirely true when a government grants a
monopoly - they get to regulate it. And the government is us (plus
friction). Oh, is the government screwing things up again? - how
unexpected.
Which government has granted the
