[IP] SBC CEO Part II - "They don't have anything - "They use my lines for free -- and that's bull."
Begin forwarded message:
From: Bruce Kushnick <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: November 1, 2005 11:21:51 PM EST
To: CYBERTELECOM-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: SBC CEO Part II - "They don't have anything - "They use
my lines for free -- and that's bull."
Reply-To: Telecom Regulation & the Internet <CYBERTELECOM-
L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
If you want to read an alarming tale of power, just go read the latest
chapters---
-- SBC's Mergers Harmed Fiber Optic Broadband and Competition.
http://www.teletruth.org/docs/SBCMergerharms.pdf (PDF FILE)
Here's the truth about SBC last decade... It cut the fiber optic
deployments
in 13 states,
California, Texas, SNET Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, etc.
and in
all
all of the states, the companies got billions extra in higher phone
rates,
higher USF,
tax breaks, etc.
And they all promised fiber to the home, 45mps, 500+ channels.
And when
SBC merged, every fiber optic service was cancelled.
And the networks were supposed to be open to competition. Now,
even GOOGLE and Yahoo and Vonage are threatened?
In short, SBC and companies lied. The equipment didn't work.
SBC, Verizon, etc overcharged about us by about $200 billion dollars.
And now they tell everyone they own the network....
We own the networks and its time for them to refund the money.
Whitacre is quoted.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_45/b3958089.htm
They don't have any wires. They don't have anything," he argues.
"They
use my
lines for free -- and that's bull. For a Google (GOOG ) or a Yahoo!
(YHOO ) or a
Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes for free is nuts!"
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