[lug] Big Brother taking over!

[Dhruva Reddy]

Forgive my naivete, but does this not warrant a
complaint to the PUC?

--- "D. Stimits" <stimits at idcomm.com> wrote:
> Deva Samartha wrote:
> > 
> > Just after I reflected my QWEST DSL service in
> comparison to Northpoint and
> > other failed ventures, I ran across this:
> > 
> >
> http://slashdot.org/articles/01/04/30/0010244.shtml
> > 
> > which points to:
> > 
> >
>
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/msn042701.htm
> > 
> >
>
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010426/tc/tech_microsoft_qwest_dc_1.html
> > 
> > Looks as if they will be pushing M$oft TV down the
> pipe and I bet they will
> > retard everything else but their services if they
> get it up anyway.
> > 
> > It looks as if QWEST.net's is being replaced by
> MSN and if one does not
> > like the switch - hit the road again.
> > 
> > are there any alternatives out there servicing
> Longmont?
> > 
> > currently, I am paying $ 85 for a 600 k ADSL with
> 8 static IP's, DSN is
> > funky at times with QWEST but otherwise i have no
> complaints.
> > 
> > Earthlink wants $ 120 for 144 k ADSL and doesn't
> even service Longmont.
> > 
> > What a pain!
> > 
> > Samartha
> > 
> 
> That's very saddening. I had hoped that one day I'd
> have DSL available,
> but I have serious doubts about being forced into
> MSN for it. In the
> same sense that phone line providers now have to
> offer various
> opportunities for long distance competition, maybe
> it is time that phone
> companies not be allowed to contract out
> monopolistic use of the same
> circuits for Internet providers. If they want to
> provide exclusive use
> of phone services for only one ISP in DSL
> (Microsoft), they should
> become regulated again. I guess I'm just as
> distrustful here as you are.
> I wonder if the Public Utilities Commission will be
> taking input on this
> subject?
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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