Re: U.S. Finance Sector Weighs In on Net Neutrality

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Wed, 3 May 2006, Brian Loe wrote:

> You're wrong on more levels than I care to address, but here's two:
>
> 1) There is no better system than the free market system. In the days
> when it was experienced, it was beautiful. YOU have not experienced
> it, regardless of where you live. THIS (what we have in the US) is not
> a free market. It IS, however, the most free market around...
 
Apart from the UK, of course.

> 2) Cable companies DO own the wires, where I live and probably where
> you live. They are not reselling a telco's bandwidth or connectivity
> or anything else - they're in direct competition with one another.
> They're also offering long distance services with their Internet and
> VoIP offerings. The local telco is now AT&T again (as it always should
> have been - if the market were free) and they're offering all of those
> services as well as pimping satellite television programming. THAT is
> deregulation - and it works splendidly. I've worked for both Sprint
> and AT&T - during the beginnings of deregulation - and as much of  a
> nightmare that process has been, its worth it in the end.
>
> Oh yeah, why do you think DSL is underpriced? Where do you live?!!

I live in the UK. The lowest cost provider for DSL is currently offering
it for "free" (if you sign up to their phone system). And this is one of
the BIG UK telephone companies.

http://www.talktalk.co.uk/talktalk/servlet/gben-home-Home?bbcam=adwds_freebroadband&bbkid=free+broadband&x
 
£21/month get you unlimited landline calls, and up to 8mbit DSL 
(40gb/month cap).

I believe they'll be making a profit even at that price.

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