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- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 11:50:06 CDT
- From: varney@ihlpf.att.com (Alan L Varney)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Deterioration of POTS (vs. Monopolies)
- Message-ID: <telecom12.656.8@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: AT&T Network Systems, Lisle, IL
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 656, Message 8 of 10
- Lines: 42
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- In article <telecom12.650.1@eecs.nwu.edu> lauren@vortex.COM (Lauren
- Weinstein) writes:
-
- > The point of my original message was that the fragmentation of phone
- > service has caused problems for non-techie users, who have not been,
- > are are unlikely to become, the beneficiaries of most of the
- > competitively driven advances in telecommunications technology. Lots
- > of fascinating alternatives and services will be opening up for
- > business users, but nobody really wants to spend a lot on the
- > residential POTS market (since it is mostly all regulated
- > services) -- and things are getting tougher for exactly that segment.
- > And contrary to some opinions we've seen, I do feel that it is
- > important for the technologists (that's us!) to watch out for "Aunt
- > Martha" and her needs as well.
-
- Most of the arguments about the break-up center over the differing
- needs of business and residential service. The needs of large
- businesses center over price and day-to-day quality. Residential
- users are usually willing to pay more if they can just ignore the damn
- thing -- just make it work. Thus the hand-holding attitude of the
- old Bell System; they over-stocked the limited selection of things to
- be able to respond quickly to unanticipated demand, and over-hired for
- the same reasons. But if the goal is universal service, I can't think
- of any alternative that would have reach the same level of SERVICE.
-
- In today's environment, the businesses benefit (and "large" home
- users), but one can't easily say "just make it work" to anyone, even
- for a higher price.
-
-
- Al Varney - just MY opinion
-
-
- [Moderator's Note: I have a deteriorated pot I bought many years ago
- in which to cook carrots and peas. Today when I looked at it, it had
- gotten a crack in the bottom so I threw it out. Maybe I should send it
- to Judge Greene and ask for a new pot if he can't make this one work
- right again. I'll demand that he rule the deterioration of pots has to
- stop immediatly even if Tru-Value Hardware has to be divested in the
- process. PAT]
-
-