-doug
Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> > > 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