From: blangham@ryeguys.org
Date: Tue Jul 02 2002 - 16:02:02 EDT
Not that price isn't important but it is certainly not the only consideration. The increasing concentration of media, in whatever form, in a few hands is especially troubling.
To distinguish between cable-based broadband and DSL under the TelCom 1996 seems simply absurd....
Bill Langham
Original Message:
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From: Christopher X. Candreva chris@westnet.com
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:35:50 -0400 (EDT)
To: watpa@westnet.com
Subject: Re: WATPA: FW: Salon - "Getting a lock on broadband: How the FCC is
paving the way for a few big companies to control everyone's high-speed
Internet access"
Not that there should be only a few ISPs -- believe me I want there to be
lots and lots of us little guys.
But about higher prices -- The 'low' prices now are artificial. The big guys
are STILL loosing money to try to entice 'share'. Prices will go up because
they have to, competition or not.
At prevailing rates, an ISP makes less on DSL than on dial-up.
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