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New Sucks to be you guys
For all those that bitch about regulation of industry... BellNexxia (dsl wire provider in Ontario and Quebec, wholly owned by BCE) got spanked again recently for being bad to people other than Sympatico HSE (DSL ISP wholly owned by, you guessed it, BCE). I also understand another smackdown is in the works, thanks in small part to lobbying efforts carried out on my and my ISP's behalf during my recent problems which took my systems offline for forty days. I understand from my contacts at velocet that bellnexxia has gotten really nice all of a sudden...
--\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
New Methinks you misunderstand, Jake
I don't believe we (the collective mind of the LRPD...and me specifically) are bitching about regulation, we (specifically, me) are bitching about the license to steal and monopolize a supposedly regulated industry that is passing for regulation.
jb4
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
Rich Cook
New No, I understood perfectly

Up here, we seem to be actually getting regulation, of the DSL market at least. Cable's another issue entirely... but with the steady downward trend of the QoS at most of the local cable monopolies offset only by the climbing prices for the aforementioned service, I don't think it's going to last. The reason it "sucks to be you" is because you guys are in a place where the regulatory atmosphere is such that you get to deal with companies with a "license to steal and monopolize a supposedly regulated industry". Like I said... BellNexxia's on the road to getting quarterly spankings by the CRTC... and spankings by the CRTC (if they start to get pissed off at repeated bad behaviour) can hurt to the tune of millions, and on a couple of notable occasions within my memory, of literally a billion: Bell Canada, the wholly owned subsidiary of BCE that has the local phone and had the long distance monopoly in Ontario and Quebec once had to issue a refund to the tune of 114$ for the typical residential customer; I shudder to think what they had to give to the business customers, who tend to pay three to four times as much as residential customers do for services.

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So... if you're in telecom, and you start getting the signal that the CRTC commissioners are starting to get impatient with repeated malingering followed by prevarication, it usually pays to take note.

--\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n* Jack Troughton                            jake at consultron.ca *\r\n* [link|http://consultron.ca|http://consultron.ca]                   [link|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] *\r\n* Kingston Ontario Canada               [link|news://news.consultron.ca|news://news.consultron.ca] *\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
New Thank you,
Thot I saw The Sign, but it turns out you were serious.

Sheesh! What a change that is.

And yer right...it does suck to be us....
jb4
"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
Rich Cook
     FCC removes sharing provision for copper - (admin) - (28)
         Joy. - (inthane-chan) - (23)
             Well there is cable vs. DSL. - (a6l6e6x) - (10)
                 Or small ISPs using DSL. - (inthane-chan) - (9)
                     We have three years. - (imric) - (4)
                         Typo alert! - (jb4) - (3)
                             Well.... That depends. - (imric) - (2)
                                 So was I - (jb4) - (1)
                                     *chuckle* K. -NT - (imric)
                     Sucks to be you guys - (jake123) - (3)
                         Methinks you misunderstand, Jake - (jb4) - (2)
                             No, I understood perfectly - (jake123) - (1)
                                 Thank you, - (jb4)
             Its a good time to start a wireless ISP - (tuberculosis) - (11)
                 Re: Its a good time to start a wireless ISP - (Fuat)
                 Great Idea - (deSitter)
                 Here is a link on how not to do it. - (boxley) - (2)
                     Fixed Wireless - (deSitter) - (1)
                         If only I had 50-100K! - (imric)
                 Alternative - (drewk) - (5)
                     ISTR that pulpit guy yakking about that - (jake123) - (1)
                         Probably where I got the idea -NT - (drewk)
                     Only as I recall it, Cringley said... - (CRConrad) - (2)
                         Well ... - (drewk) - (1)
                             Aah, kewl! -NT - (CRConrad)
         OK, Michael Powell is officially on my asshole list - (Arkadiy) - (3)
             judged too soon? - (SpiceWare) - (2)
                 Would be a relief. -NT - (Arkadiy)
                 I think you misunderstood - (jb4)

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