Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: rdr@killer.dallas.tx.us (Dean Riddlebarger) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The High Cost of Telco Features Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 89 13:49:55 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 194, message 8 of 9 [ Large paragraph questioning the high cost of local service and features deleted........] [ Basic question: Is this cost rational, and why don't we talk about it more?] Well, you probably don't see a lot of discussion about this because talk in this group tends to be towards features and other technical material. The fact that local service, from the RBOCs as well as independent telcos, is quickly stripping away any possible cost benefits from LD competition, has been duly noted. But, since the realistic [pragmatic?] solution is to band together and petition or pester various state and federal agencies, there's not much more we can do in this group. So, while it would be nice to see a serious surge in telco activism sparked within the net, I think you will find that most people would rather just deal with the tech side. FYI, you are not alone out there on the coast. Both here in Cleveland and back in Chicago I found that my local service costs far outstripped my LD in terms of price/performance. Feel any better....? :-) Dean Riddlebarger Systems Consultant - AT&T 216-348-6863 [work] uucp: att!crfax!crnsnwbt!rdr