[IP] More on At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope"
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From: DV Henkel-Wallace <gumby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 30, 2005 5:47:11 PM EST
To: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Farber
<dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] More on At SBC, It's All About "Scale and Scope"
It _is_ frightening, but Whitacre and his peers should beware what
they wish for.
If I can't call you I presume that it's because _my_ phone service is
broken. Most people, especially the (phone-)technically
unsophisticated, will feel the same. If SBC goes down this path
they're just _asking_ Congress or the FCC to give them common-
carrier status back, this time for the data service they fought so
hard to be exempt.
Would Microsoft (MSN) fight the Telcos/Cablecos rather than be in
their thrall? Were MS to choose to not fight, Yahoo! and Google
would likely chose the opposite in response...via lobbyists.
It would not be a good idea for the "first mile" to be regulated like
POTS, so we should fight this. But the worst-case for actual users
is probably even worse for the telcos.
-d
From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger@xxxxxxx>
Date: October 30, 2005 4:36:33 PM EST
The interview with SBC's Whitacre is truely frightening. He is
talking like a monopolost with "absolute power" and with no
fear that anyone will be able to stop him.
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