[olug] RE: Regional Bells and the Internet

[thehaas at binary.net]

from a friend of mine in IL, on his response to the bill:

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Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 07:13:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeffrey Mannlein 
Subject: Re: IL and SBC
To: thehaas at binary.net
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That editorial is spiked with some half truths.

You have missed out on the "Consumers for Choice" ads
urging us to veto any bill and also on the fun SBC ads
rebutting the "Consumers for Choice" ads.  The fun
stuff you miss out on while in Cornhusker land :).  

What has happened is that the Illinois Comerce
Comission regulates rates for SBC.  Those rates were
currently below rates for all 49 other states.  The
bill raises those rates to a higher rate.  

How much consumers are harmed will be a matter for
debate.

oh, the "Consumers for Choice" ads supposedly
concerned about us consumers---100% paid for by ATT
and MCI.  Anyone who writes an editorial saying that
either passage or rejection of this bill is for
consumers is delusional---it is all about big business
and whether a part of the pie goes to the big long
distance carriers or the big regional bell. 
ahh....I'm so glad that the free market always
benefits us all.  

later,
Jeff

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