| Joseph 2005-05-20, 5:57 pm |
| On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:04:29 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
>This was precisely the issue when AT&T started providing local exchange
>service from inside the local CO. Their equipment was piggy-backed onto
>the emergency power system, thereby deriving the same benefits as the
>local carrier did. Without equitable pricing, AT&T was getting a cheap
>ride on some very expensive investments by the local carrier.
For 98% of the US AT&T *was* the local carrier. AT&T had a major
investment in pretty much all the Bell companies with the exception of
SNET (Southern New England Telephone) and Cincinnati & Suburban Bell
Telephone. Except for the independents and except for GTE and Contel
Bell owned most of the infrastructure in the US and a partial interest
in Bell Canada in Ontario and Québec.
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