Re: Porting, Google Voice, bandwidth.com

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From: Geoff Gass
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:42

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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:
>>Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:
>>>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.
>
>>I forgot a major piece, post breakup, at&t still had the equipment
>>manufacturing and labs (western electric and bell labs).  that stuff is all
>>different companies like Alcatel-Lucent and Avaya now.
>
> AT&T is SBC renamed. SBC bought what had been AT&T Long Lines.

so?  I know the lineage, it's not relevant to tert's question.

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From: Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com>
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Subject: Re: Porting, Google Voice, bandwidth.com
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