SBC forcing new contract on ISPs

Mon Jun 25 18:49:41 UTC 2001

Also sprach Derek Balling
>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?

It hurts them big time when the state Utilities Commission looks at the
situation and starts asking why on earth all of these ISPs are suddenly
exiting the DSL marketplace.  It will particularly hurt them if one or
more of the ISPs files a formal complaint with the Utility Commission.
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