NEWS: Cingular claims US first with HSDPA handset

In article <[email protected]>, John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 20:18:37 GMT, [email protected] (Rico) wrote in
><[email protected]>:
>
>>In article <%[email protected]>, "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>In alt.cellular.cingular Rico <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> You say this, but can you show us even one example where this is indeed the
>
>>>> case. that the barrier wasn't the existing bell monopoly and the local PUC?
>>>
>>>Hmm ... Comcast ran their cable through easements and up to my DMARC. For a
>>>period of time, I received POTS phone service (called Digital Phone) without
>>>using any QWest lines (the local ILEC). Same equipment and same internal
>>>wiring in my home. In short, there is no monopoly; I can use at least two
>>>companies for POTS (plain old telephone service) and indeed, they each offer
>>>their own wire carrier.
>>
>>I missed this, how many cable providers are there and how many phone
>>companies with wire are in your home (or can get there)?
>
>Here in Walnut Creek CA there are two choices for cable (Astound and
>Comcast), which makes three wireline providers.
>

Nice, outside the bay area the choices are a bit shall we say slimmer. But
glad tyo hear you have all of three.

fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.

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In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
>
>John Navas wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:56:38 GMT, [email protected] (Rico) wrote::
>> >John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:36:17 GMT, [email protected] (Rico) wrote:
>> >>>Net they don't string new wire, bet they lease it from the bell monoploy.
>> >>>You can only get service as good as the bell monopoly will allow.
>> >>There is no monopoly. Other companies can run their own cables, and
>> >>some in fact do so.
>> >
>> >Name the location. (city, town where bell also exists)
>>
>> Ameritech New Media
>
>Ameritech New Media is a subsidiary of Ameritech. Ameritech was one of
>the original seven RBOCs, though they're now owned by SBC.
>
>So, what you're saying is, there is some area where a RBOC subsidiary
>is competing against another RBOC, and they each laid their own
>independent wire to consumers' houses?
>
>I've Googled them, and I can find much about their cable TV service in
>Chicago. I can't find any references to their telephony services -
>perhaps you can point me to some references?
>

He can't, they don't exist. Ameritech does not have anyone else stringing
wire in the operational region. John just makes this stuff up.

fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.