Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: msa3b!kevin@gatech.edu (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: "Independent" Coin Phones Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 91 02:04:12 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu Organization: Dun and Bradstreet Software, Inc., Atlanta, GA Lines: 37 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 117, Message 12 of 12 john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes: >On Feb 10 at 1:21, TELECOM Moderator writes: >> And now the more you >> shop around; the more you use the competition, the better telco and >> 'genuine Bell' service looks. Some of us were saying 'I told you so' >> several years ago. I'm beginning to feel vindicated. PAT] >Yes, indeed, the more you shop around ... but is it not nice to be >able to shop around? Do you honestly believe that 'genuine Bell' would >be at the level it is today if it had no competition nipping at its >heels? Do you think, for instance, that AT&T would even today be >providing digital connections nationwide if it were not for Sprint and >others? Indeed it IS important to be able to shop around. I find it fascinating that people will argue in favor of a return to a single, monolithic phone industry, yet noone seems to want to return to a single U.S. automobile manufacturer. Why is it that people want AT&T to be the only game in town for telecom, but no one wants Ford to be the only game in town for transportation? In the early days of the auto, you could buy a cheap car, with few features, and a choice of colors, as long as your color was black. If you didn't like it, you had to have a car custom-built. In the early days of telecom, you could get any service you wanted, as long as you wanted a service provided by Ma Bell. If you didn't like it, you could do without. Kevin Kleinfelter @ Dun and Bradstreet Software, Inc (404) 239-2347 {emory,gatech}!nanovx!msa3b!kevin Look closely at the return address. It is nanovx and NOT nanovAx.