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Article #300Re: Porting, Google Voice, bandwidth.com
From: smr
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 01:48
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On 5/30/2013 7:08 PM, Cydrome Leader wrote: > smr <me@shawnritchie.com> wrote: >> On 5/30/2013 2:42 PM, Cydrome Leader wrote: >> >>> how often does this happen though (a fed style smackdown)? >> >> Technically daily, because it's only due to the Feds saying so that AT&T >> lets us into their colos, provides last mile at tariff instead of at a >> huge profit for them... we do ask the FCC to intervene if they're being >> dicks a few times a year. It's more of a quiet regulatory enforcement >> thing than it is what I think you're picturing, a huge, "Break up Ma >> Bell!" type of government intervention. > > So what does the FCC even do? Write a threatening letter warning of a $130 > fine? Basically, yes, but it tends to knock AT&T into line for a while so it's worth it. There are areas, though, where they just eat the fines outright and continue to violate, but fortunately that's not in the part of the business I deal with. -- smr
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From: smr <me@shawnritchie.com>
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Subject: Re: Porting, Google Voice, bandwidth.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 20:48:07 -0500
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