SBC forcing new contract on ISPs
Bruce Robertson
bruce at greatbasin.net
Mon Jun 25 18:46:51 UTC 2001
You're right, but what can I do? I will lose my customers if they are forced
to switch to PPPoE. So SBC wins either way.
As the article mentions, this will likely end up in a courtroom somewhere.
> 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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