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From: wright@ais.org (Carl Wright)
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Subject: Re: Maybe it Really is Time for Telecommunications Competition
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Date: 16 Feb 91 03:42:17 GMT
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Re: alternatives to the local telco for dial tone, the cable TV
companies are an alternative technically. The technical problems have
been solved by First Pacific Networks, Sunnyvale, CA which sells
equipment to run LANs, voice, and video all over normal cable TV style
coax. You plug your phone, your TV, and your PC into the same box
which plugs into the coax.

I think I read where they are considering it for telephone services in
Singapore where the regulatory problems are different than here in the
U.S.

I meet some of the their developers once when they were trying to
decide if they needed real-time telco call service selection. I
pointed out that for business users the tariffs are slanted so that
you consolidate your use with one service to maximize your discounts
and you don't switch services or carriers on a call-by-call basis. You
lessen your overall discount switching on a call-by-call basis.


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