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1993-11-13 - Re: Should we oppose the Data Superhighway/NII?

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From: Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com>
To: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
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Message ID: <199311131820.AA01281@misc.glarp.com>
Reply To: <199311111535.AA02116@eff.org>
UTC Datetime: 1993-11-13 18:23:48 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 13 Nov 93 10:23:48 PST

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From: Brad Huntting <huntting@glarp.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 93 10:23:48 PST
To: Mike Godwin <mnemonic@eff.org>
Subject: Re: Should we oppose the Data Superhighway/NII?
In-Reply-To: <199311111535.AA02116@eff.org>
Message-ID: <199311131820.AA01281@misc.glarp.com>
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> It's not that simple, unfortunately. Once monopolies have been created
> with government support, removing government intervention doesn't 
> automatically make competition happen.

True...  AT&T (and the RBOC's) have paied of most if not all of
their infrastructure.  This means that when upstarts like Wiltel
or MCI come around and think about laying their own fiber, they
have to be prepaired for the ex-monopoly to start price gauging.


brad

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