It is tough to have a meaningful discussion when you make comments as such ..
You don't have to agree with Fred, but if you listen to him with and open mind, at worst you will end up learning about a whole series of events that got us this point... And it is not due to some individual who went to Washington and Kissed someone ! :) Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet& Telecom On 12/21/2010 3:06 PM, MDK wrote: > I wholeheartedly disagree with your premise. > > > From that point on, we have little to debate about. > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Fred Goldstein"<fgoldst...@ionary.com> > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:43 AM > To: "WISPA General List"<wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Flexible rules promised for wireless > >> At 12/21/2010 01:57 PM, MDK wrote: >> >>> The whole problem was creating monopolies in the first place, and then >>> pretending you can "fix" what you broke by half-baked notions of >>> government >>> created markets... >> Uh, no. Wireline is a natural monopoly. That is NOT what it has >> sometimes been taken to mean, an excuse to regulate. Rather, it's an >> economics concept, which means that the cost of entering the market >> as a new provider is substantially higher than the cost to an >> existing provider of adding incremental capacity. In other words, >> the incumbent can always underprice the new entrant, so it's >> impossible to compete. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/