Re: [PLUG] DCANET response

[Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us>]

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On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:15:20 -0400
LeRoy <ldc@lrcressy.com> wrote:
 
> Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, and all of the other services are actually
> setup and controlled by the government.  I remember when cable was
> first installed in Philadelphia.  There were 4 or 5 cable companies
> that wanted to run their  cable and the wicked city council members
> told the various cable companies where they could string their wire.
> Instead of letting them compete against each other the city was
> divided up into sections with Comcast getting center city and south
> Philly.  Thus city council basically made sure that Comcast would
> come out on top.  The first cable companies to fail were the ones in
> the poorest neighborhoods.
> 
> When AT&T was divided up the country was divided up into sections for
> smaller monopolies still under Government control.  It is not the evil
> companies that is the problem it is the Government that creates the
> monopolies that is the problem.  I was told by my grandmother about
> the time that you could choose which company to get phone service.
> Bell Telephone was not the only phone company in the beginning.  If
> companies were allowed to actually compete you would see much better
> service.  But free enterprise is just a mirage!

That's great and all, and I am pretty pessimistic about government, but
that can't explain the anti-customer practices of wireless carriers. As
I understand it the wireless companies are regulated to limit the
amount of RF spectrum that the can take up, but can still compete in
the same areas for the same customers. I was curious is anyone had a
historical perspective on why they have the same attitude to their
customers as the physical wire ISPs. Is it the large set-up cost or the
people who own the back end networks wielding influence?

Best,
Jack
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