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

[Jerry Mathis]

IMO the "local competition" part of phone service is just plain stupid. 
Local wired telephone service is a natural monopoly. So is electrical 
service, but that's another thread. To offer local wired phone service, you 
have to put in the infrastructure--and it's a waste of good copper wiring to 
duplicate that service 3 or 4 times over just so someone else has the 
capability to provide you with dial tone.

Local telephone service should be considered a monopoly, and regulated by 
the State, as it was early on.

My rant for the day.



Jerry Mathis
Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS





>From: Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com>
>Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] Ma Bell is back.  (from slashdot.com)
>Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:11:47 -0500
>
>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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