Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 11 May 91 11:59:25 EDT From: "Daniel R. Guilderson" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Deregulation in Telecom Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 358, Message 10 of 10 Lines: 24 gast@cs.ucla.edu (David Gast) writes: > It sounds good on paper, but I don't believe that the real world works > like this. What happens is that the big boys push the upstarts out of > business and formally or informally start a cartel. Consider Airlines. The bottom line for me is that I have a choice of who I want to fly with in the air. On the phone I either fly with NET or I don't fly at all. At least with the LDs I have a choice. If I'm unhappy with NET I can't take my business elsewhere. I have to suffer and the government doesn't give a rats ass unless they can use it for political advantage. I don't like this situation, not one bit. If there was even one other choice it would make me feel a little better. If there is some other way besides deregulation to get many competitors into the arena then let me know about it otherwise I'm a 100% supporter of heavy duty deregulation. (Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.) Daniel Guilderson ryan@cs.umb.edu UMass Boston, Harbor Campus, Dorchester, MA USA