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

[Lightning Communications Co.]

Good point... as I happen to be a Telco employee by day....Its not really a 
"monopoly" in the traditional sense as  the Bell system was largely 
subsidised by the government in the first place.... no private corporation 
by todays standard could possibly afford to build such an infrastructure by 
themselves...And as far as state regs go... the telco is more heavily 
regulated than the power companies...we get in trouble for everything we do 
and pay massive fines to state agencies on a daily basis....try working with 
a reseller to get a ISDN when you need it qick...Oy Vey!!!!!   Most horrible 
experience ever.....

Tim Volckmann
Telco Man By Day... Radio Man All Other Times
Lightning Communications Co.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Mathis" <thebeaver32 at hotmail.com>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Ma Bell is back. (from slashdot.com)


> 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.
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> Local telephone service should be considered a monopoly, and regulated by 
> the State, as it was early on.
>
> My rant for the day.
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> Jerry Mathis
> Clear Channel Radio, Tupelo & Meridian MS
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>>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
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>>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
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>>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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