By: Xibo

Xibo — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:21:37 +0000

With the purchase of AT&T the SBC Clients are caught in the middle. As a SBC Client I don’t like what I see when it comes to AT&T. They are an out right rip off! They lie and steal if you let them. If anyone has any question about what I am saying feel free to contact me. I will be glad to elaborate. SBC… the ISP to avoid!

By: Adam M

Adam M — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 17:13:44 +0000

I don't think he is trying to start a "war" he is sick of the government forcing his company to give the competition a free ride. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 required the local Bell Co's to allow other providers buy Bell services below cost, and set up their equipment in the Bell Co's buildings. Here is an example of how this works. You are contacted and told there are not enough tech podcasts in your area and the people deserve an alternative. There are several other people that want to do a tech podcast but they only have a microphone. You are told they will bring their microphone to your house, and use your PC, connection, and hosting to create their podcast. You can charge for this help but it must be less than it costs you. Part of your listener base now moves to the new podcasts and dropped their subscription to your podcast. You can see where this would be frustrating for any business, but the Bell companies have been doing this for nearly 10 years. One thing we need to remember also is for years we paid ridiculous additional taxes and fees on all of our dial up lines so that companies like SBC could build the infrastructure that this countries telecommunications travel through. Do you mean this? http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/usfincrease.html Go here for more taxes and services telephone companies have to provide. http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/information_directory.html The money used to build infrastructure is everything but the taxes. Phone companies have even spent advertising dollars trying to explain this fact, and the fact that they have to resell services to their competition at prices below cost. Apparently those dollars were not well spent. The Telecommunications Industry is one of the most volatile and competitive industries that exist. This has been especially true since the Worldcom/MCI fiasco because Wall Street doesn't have much confidence in the industry. Look at Telco stock prices before and after the Worldcom/MCI collapse. I don't think SBC wants a war they just want to turn a profit. I don't know of any business model where you try to lose money.

By: treocast

treocast — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:43:55 +0000

Keep in mind who is declaring this war. He is the head of a company that takes over 229 days (and counting) to install a single DSL circuit... I seriously doubt that they could erect such a "toll booth" any time soon.

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