> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Bosch > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 10:06 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Teliax Quality of Service > > Brian Capouch wrote: > > Stephen Bosch wrote: > > > >> PSTN service still sets the standard. > >> > > > > With infrastructure paid for under a gracious guaranteed-profit monopoly > > by ratepayers, > > In a regulated marketplace with legislated minimum service levels. > > In Canada, most of the phone systems were government-owned. It was a > good system, at least from the point of view of reliability. I don't > miss the surly (and often slow) service, but it's arguable whether > today's service -- in which everyone smiles nice and *pretends* to serve > you while ignoring you completely -- is any better. At least the bloody > stuff worked. > > Communications infrastructure is a strategic, national asset, and only > really useful if it goes everywhere, even to the unprofitable pockets > like Podunk Corners, North Dakota. People forget this. In a totally free > marketplace, Podunk Corners waits years for service and gets tin cans > and string when it finally arrives.
I disagree. There is more competition in smaller towns and rural areas. It isn't cost effective for the bigger carriers to move in, so the small ones do. They get state/federal subsidies. I'll bet you there's more ISP's, and CLEC's per square inch in Montana than there is in the bay area. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
