fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure

Sun Aug 7 19:49:44 UTC 2005

> I mean is Joe Internet going to get all riled up when his ISP
> he's had for 5 years sends him email telling him he's being moved
> to Qwest or SBC without his consent?

well, dunno about joe, but the jane to which i am married had a
fit.  "dealing with an isp was a known deal, these telco idiots are
sub-useless."  after two months of trying, she cancelled the new
forced rboc dsl service, and is thinking of cutting the telco line
entirely and getting cable ip service and running her own voip over
it (to my asterisk in colo).

among other amazing silliness, the telco dsl uses a windoze app to
'log on'.

randy