Sender: •••@••.••• (Audrie Krause) Richard Moore wrote: >I don't agree. Telecom costs are going down sharply, with fiber so cheap, >bandwidth is increasing. Not to mention satellites. More companies are >getting into Internet service provision. Rates are going down, not up. >With multiple paths into the home, the basis for a monopoly is lacking. > > It's true that *costs* are going down. But *rates* are going up -- and up and up and up! Local rates, ISDN rates, even long distance rates for small users. And the alternative delivery systems are a long way from being competitive or widely affordable. Have you priced a cellular phone lately? -- Audrie Krause CPSR Executive Director PO Box 717 * Palo Alto, CA * 94302 Phone: (415) 322-3778 * Fax: (415) 322-4748 * * E-mail: •••@••.••• * * * Web Page: http://www.cpsr.org/home.html * ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ 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. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
