unido making commercial use of the net

jeff daiell jeffd at ficc.uu.net
Fri Jun 23 19:03:48 AEST 1989


Steve Lamont writes:
>Bruce Perens writes:
> >but we've even managed
> >to break up ATT, and are now left with only the U.S. Post Office 
> > as an example of a monopolistic common carrier.
> 
> ... and that worked so well that ---- bzzzzzaaaaat - click -- zip - beep -
> -orry, that -umber is -ot in -ervi- at thi- -ime...

Uh, Steve?  That's a problem with your *local* phone company ...
which in most areas is still a government-protected monopoly.
Let's see some competition in *that* field.  After all, cities
with more than one power company have lower rates and
better service.

Para un Tejas Libre,

Jeff  Daiell


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           "'Tis not too late to seek a newer world."

                           -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson



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