SBC forcing new contract on ISPs

Mon Jun 25 18:40:34 UTC 2001

At 11:23 AM -0700 6/25/01, Bruce Robertson wrote:
>So the upshot is that I won't sign a contract that forces me to do something
>impossible, and certainly against by business interests.

... so then your contract expires, and only SBC remains.

This hurts SBC precisely how, again?

Not faulting you, in fact I applaud your stance, but let's not harbor 
any delusions that your stance will do anything but benefit SBC. The 
more people who end their SBC contracts that way, the more DSL 
customers are suddenly beached looking for a quick reinstall, 
something you can bet SBC will be poised to provide.

D

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