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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 21:01 PST
- From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: What is Tariff 12 (or is it 11)?
- Reply-To: John Higdon <john@zygot.ati.com>
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 13, Issue 41, Message 12 of 12
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- lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen) writes:
-
- > It is fair to allow sweetheart deals? I guess it depends on your
- > political attitudes. Personally, I think we all would be better off,
- > if the system had a mild bias in favor of "the little guy". Thus, I
- > think it is reasonable to place more restrictions on the dominant
- > carrier. I also think the obligation to publish the sweetheart deal
- > and offer the same terms to any customer in similar circumstances is
- > reasonable.
-
- This is all very egalitarian and populist-oriented and seems just and
- reasonable until one finds himself in the position of a major user.
- Then when he is about to spend mega-dollars with a carrier, finds that
- "cutting a deal" is not so easy. Any customer who represents a
- significant portion of a provider's business deserves recognition for
- that business.
-
- Giving "the little guy" a better deal than a major player is something
- reserved for activist PUCs who seem to feel that people who use more
- can obviously afford it so they should be charged more per unit. It
- has no place in the real marketplace which was supposedly created by
- divestiture. In a free market, those who buy in quantity are those who
- wield the power and can expect accomodations.
-
- Is the telecommunications industry operating in a market environment,
- or is it to be manipulated and regulated to death by idiots as
- exemplified by the FCC and the CPUC? IMHO, AT&T has long since passed
- from "dominant carrier" status and should play under the same rules as
- MCI and Sprint. These carriers have had bloody long enough to get
- their act together. Sure, AT&T had a century headstart, but in today's
- technology ten years is an eternity. If MCI and Sprint cannot make it
- without hamstringing AT&T in restrictive tariffs, then maybe we have
- too many long distance companies.
-
-
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