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-=> Nick Andre wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 NA> I'm not sure if I mentioned, but Canada is ruled by three major ISP
 NA> monoplies; Bell, Rogers and Shaw. All three do not give two shits about
 NA> rural customers and have their hands in the pockets of the government.
 NA> It does not matter if you go with a smaller ISP; in the end, the lines
 NA> and uplink are eventually leased from the big three.

It's kinda the same way here as eventually you will run into one of the 
"Baby Bells" that are still around and running things, like AT&T.  The 
Baby Bells are buying each other up and the service is still lousy.  I 
think CenturyLink is a conglomoration of several companies but I don't 
remember which ones at this moment.

CL is quickly turning into a monopoly, much like Ma Bell once was, if 
you don't use cable for your ISP.  With cable, though, it's four major 
companies that service the entire US.  No type of competition there.

 NA> Unless you have a business-grade connection, you are at the mercy of
 NA> whenever they feel like fixing whatever line problems you have.

Exactly.  I think that CL thinks that people who live out in the country 
deserve lower quality service than people in larger towns and cities...

In any case, hoping Dallas can get that fixed quickly enough.

Later,
Sean


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