Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uwm.edu!lll-winken!telecom-request From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Decreasing Costs of Transmission Message-ID: Date: 5 May 91 17:50:06 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: I.E.C.C. Lines: 19 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 334, Message 11 of 11 In article you write: > I have another idea. Let's deregulate the telecommunications industry > and merge it with the rest of the communications industry. ... > Of course the RBOCS and the long distance carriers would fight this > idea tooth and nail. Perhaps. A plausible outcome of this scenario is that everyone except the deepest pockets would end up bankrupt, and we'd be left with AT&T and the RBOCs more monopolistic than now. Or maybe General Motors or IBM. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl