17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
It's not that simple, unfortunately. Once monopolies have been created with government support, removing government intervention doesn't automatically make competition happen.
True... AT&T (and the RBOC's) have paied of most if not all of their infrastructure. This means that when upstarts like Wiltel or MCI come around and think about laying their own fiber, they have to be prepaired for the ex-monopoly to start price gauging. brad