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On 28 Nov 1996 06:43:52 GMT, Colin R. Leech <ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
>>   I also think CRTC should force the same thing on the Telco's. That
>> would close down Sympatico. 

>Do you really believe that this is a good way to go, or are you just
>pissed at Sympatico and this would be a convenient way to get rid of them?

  First, I'm not an ISP. I happen to do some contracts for one. 

  I'm a believer in competition, but not competition when it doesn't
make sense. I also do not like very big players (e.g. Bell, Rogers)
with deep pockets screwing up a market. (Afterall, if Bell knew what
they were doing, we wouldn't need ISPs. The network would have been
here in 1982...)

  I am mostly concerned about concentration in ownership. I do not
like to have my choice reduced to a defacto monopoly. (As opposed to a
legislative one: are there any banking networks in Canada other than
Interact?) 

  Thus, I think that all natural monopoly players (those involved in
putting wires or pipes into my house) should be forced to play
fair. If they won't, then they should be nationalized. (munipicalized?)

  I like the analogy to the water system. Bits are no different than excreement.

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