On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 16:12:54 -0500, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bruno Wolff III wrote: >> >>> When the AT&T monopoly was sensibly split up, it was then able to >> >> I think just plain split up is a better description. I think history has >> shown that the split wasn't done "sensibly" and unfortunately we aren't >> going to get a do over any time soon. > > You haven't noticed the dismembered Bell's crawling back together to > resurrect the monster? Plus of, course devouring Cingular. (I'm not a > big fan of huge corporations...). And part of the reason for that is the split was done incorrectly. It should have been split so the local loops and the CO's were owned by regulated monopolies (in each region) and those companies prohibited from providing services over the copper (or fiber). Then the incumbents wouldn't be able to eliminate competition by sabotaging it. There isn't going to be the political will to do a split like that any time soon. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
