[BC] Ma Bell is back. (from slashdot.com)

[Bernie Courtney]

Verizon will offer you DSL over a dry pair for $5 more / month on top of any
their DSL packages.

bern

On 10/27/05, Paul Smith W4KNX <paul at amtower.com> wrote:
>
> Try and get DSL or Cable internet service only without phone service or TV
> Cable. Available, but in most cases just as expensive and you would be
> better off taking the bundles service.
>
> Paul Smith
> W4KNX
> Sarasota, FL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of DANA PUOPOLO
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 4:39 PM
> To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BC] Ma Bell is back. (from slashdot.com<http://slashdot.com>
> )
>
>
> The Comm. Act of 1996 required the ILEC's (local phone companies) to offer
> their lines to others wishing to sell local service BEFORE they could get
> into
> the long distance business. Instead, they bought off the FCC so they GOT
> their
> entry into LD without offering ANYTHING to anyone else.
>
> Yes, VOIP can offer local service, but it requires a broadband connection.
> Who
> owns those connections? The cable and phone monopolies!
>
> Like so many others have said before: We have the best Govt. that $$$ can
> buy!
>
> -D
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:10:28 PM PDT
> From: Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com>
> To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] Ma Bell is back. (from slashdot.com<http://slashdot.com>
> )
>
> In the same day, the Fed's approved the purchase of MCI by Verizon. That
> should slow down Judge Green's spinning to around....9800 RPM.
>
> While there "is" competition in LD service, there still really isn't in
> local service. So Judge Green's ruling still really does apply and have
> results since there are a number of LD carriers...as well as VoIP. Which
> very few people could have seen in the early 80's...let alone when his
> ruling came down.
>
> MM
>
> At 12:43 PM 10/27/2005 -0700, dean tiernan wrote
> > Ma Bell is back. It seems that for the purposes of branding, SBC is
> > changing it's name to AT&T once the acquisition is complete. Meanwhile,
> a
> > great force and a high pitched whining sound has been reported from
> Judge
> > Greene's grave as he spins at nearly 10K RPM.
> >
> >http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/27/1635247&from=rss
> >
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