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fred@magi.com wrote to Terry Flanagan:

FR>In article <DpJvE2.JLD@on.bell.ca>,
FR>   Terry Flanagan <tflanaga@on.bell.ca> wrote:

FR>>This is factually incorrect.  No ISPs have been made to wait 6 months 
FR>>to get more telephone lines.  Bell Canada is legally obligated to provide 
FR>>service when requested.  If you have the name or names of businesses who 
FR>>have had to wait because we have denied service, I will investigate 
FR>immediately.

FR>Of course, Bell will provide service. But the ISP may face hundreds of 
FR>thousands in "construction costs" for the new service, even though the lines
FR>could easily be accommodated on few T1s or  T3s. The ISP in question was VER
FR>close (within 1 KM ) of a Bell CO.

FR>Care to deny this one taking place, Terry? 

More to the point, Bell does specifically deny service where it sees
fit. It has denied me a data line for over 12 months (it refuses to
quote any kind of price). I have been refused by:
-- the local business office
-- the data service
-- the ISDN service (Microlink? -- I'd have to dig for a file to check
the name)

and Bell has refused to give Sprint alternate access to my office.

If Terry wants chapter and verse, I'll get my files out; meanwhile, he
should stop misrepresenting Bell.

Bell does deny service based on its assessment of the profit potential
in supplying the service; and also, I believe, to control the rate of
development of the market in some areas (ie., not to allow development
until Bell is prepared to offer its own competitive service).

David Shaw

dshaw@curvet.com

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