Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> CR> Sender: "Audrie Krause" <•••@••.•••> > First, the bill had wide bipartisan support because it was bought > abd paid for by the big telco interests. Are you suggesting that large numbers of US Congressmen and President Clinton were "bought", and that is why they voted for telecom deregulation? Don't you think there might be a less sinister explanation? That they thought deregulation would lead to greater competition which might be better for the users on account of lower prices? Arun Mehta, B-69 Lajpat Nagar-I, New Delhi-24, India. Phone 6841172,6849103 ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
