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John Nelson <DieSpammerDie@njabl.org> writes:
>In article <d5tquh1262k@news3.newsguy.com>, adamst@no.spam says...
>> John Nelson <DieSpammerDie@njabl.org> writes:
>>
>> >In article <d5qnke015jb@news1.newsguy.com>, adamst@no.spam says...
>> >> "wkearney99" <wkearney99@hotmail.com> writes:
>> >>
>> >> >> Regulation was required when telephony was a scarce resource. This is
>> >> >> no longer true. The original reasons for regulation no longer exist.
>> >> >
>> >> >Bullshit. Tell that to the family living out in the middle of nowhere.
>> >> >Someone's got to maintain the copper wiring plant for their basic phone
>> >> >services. That's a direct result of regulation and should continue.
>> >>
>> >> As I recall, in exchange for their *monopoly* the telcos agreed to wire
>> >> everything, and were then permitted to recover the costs of wiring 'out
>> >> of the way' places from the entire subscriber base.
>> >>
>> >> I don't believe that a telephone, or the internet, is a 'basic human right'
>> >> that should be guaranteed to everyone by regulation and paid for by all
>> >> users of the system.
>> >
>> >Then you are in the minority. I would maintain that most people, in the
>> >west at least, expect the availability of such utilities as phone
>> >service to be a part of those things their government is responsible
>> >for, if not directly, then through regulation.
>>
>> What's next? Cable TV? A computer? A car? We're talking slippery slope
>> here...
>
>Rubbish. There is a world of difference between a utility that, among
>other things, provides the ability to summon help from the government
>agencies that virtually every citizen's tax dollars pay to maintain.
>Think fire, police, and medical. And let us be clear, we are NOT talking
>about providing these things "for free". We are talking about
>regulations that ensure that such things are provided to all customers
>at a reasonable rate; one that is nominally affordable for the consumer,
>and (at least) nominally profitable for the carrier.
The user of the system does not bear even a remote resemblance of the
actual cost of the system. There are alternatives for summoning aid
to a copper-line telephone. Alternatives that are far cheaper than
forcing the entire rate-base to pay tens of thousands of dollars
PER line to wire remote communities.
And those regulations came about BEFORE 911.
-Stephen
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