Re: ISPs in trouble? (fwd)
Owen DeLong (owen@delong.sj.ca.us)
Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:35:47 -0800
> > Matt,
> >
> > I know you probably don't think that this is going to happen, but if it
> > does, isn't there a way we can perform some kind of civil and/or anti
> > trust action? What they're proposing sounds rediculous.
>
> They are not breaking any laws. What is NYNEX doing to us now that they
> are not doing to EVERY one of their customers. We can't sue them if they
> don't single us out. The FCC can't charge us specifically either because
> then it would be a tax on the industry. That tax is left to the PUC to
> decide. The FCC could force us under PUC control but we are not a
> monopoly *or* a public utility.
>
Competing with an internal price advantage. Same as Pacific Bell Internet.
Bet that Pacific Bell Internet doesn't pay the same prices for incoming lines
and such nor suffer the same delays that the rest of us do when attempting to
obtain service from Pacific Bell. They aren't competing directly with the
rest of their customers. They aren't using internal pricing advantages on
circuits to price the rest of their customers out of existance. THAT's the
definition of anti-trust last I looked.
Owen