Re: Porting, Google Voice, bandwidth.com

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From: Geoff Gass
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 17:02

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tert in seattle <tert@ftupet.com> wrote:
> smr 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.
>
> did all the exploded pieces of Ma Bell gravitate back together in the end? 

not completely, verizon and centurylink own large pieces of territory and
there's a couple of smaller ones like fairpoint around as well, but at&t is
back to pretty damned big.

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From: Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com>
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Subject: Re: Porting, Google Voice, bandwidth.com
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 17:02:43 +0000 (UTC)
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