Paging George Patterson...

[Matt Barrow]

I gather you spent much of your career in the Telecom industry, so I though
you might find this interesting:
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/excerpt
Who Killed Telecom? Why the Official Story Is Wrong
by Lawrence Gasman

In the mid-1990s as it seemed that lawmakers were about to abandon much of
the regulatory apparatus that had hampered the telecommunications industry
since the 1930s, the telecom equipment industry began to boom, helped in
part by the rise of the Internet. The deregulatory trend led ultimately to
the 1996 Telecom Act, and soon the architects and implementers of that act
were congratulating themselves on a job well done. We were supposedly
building a new telecom infrastructure fit for the information age.

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http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3662

/end excerpt
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Didn't want to send you unsolicited email!

Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

[Peter Duniho]

"Matt Barrow" > wrote in message
...
> [...]
> Didn't want to send you unsolicited email!

So you post a blatantly off-topic article here instead? How in the world is
that better?

[George Patterson]

Matt Barrow wrote:
> I gather you spent much of your career in the Telecom industry, so I though
> you might find this interesting:

I did, thanks. Next time, please feel free to email me.

George Patterson
Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.

[Earl Grieda]

"Matt Barrow" > wrote in message
...
> I gather you spent much of your career in the Telecom industry, so I
though
> you might find this interesting:
> --------
> /excerpt
> Who Killed Telecom? Why the Official Story Is Wrong
> by Lawrence Gasman
>
> In the mid-1990s as it seemed that lawmakers were about to abandon much of
> the regulatory apparatus that had hampered the telecommunications industry
> since the 1930s, the telecom equipment industry began to boom, helped in
> part by the rise of the Internet. The deregulatory trend led ultimately to
> the 1996 Telecom Act, and soon the architects and implementers of that act
> were congratulating themselves on a job well done. We were supposedly
> building a new telecom infrastructure fit for the information age.
>
> -----------
>
> http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=3662
>
> /end excerpt
> --
>
> Didn't want to send you unsolicited email!

Maybe next we can examine how energy deregulation led to nearly free
electricty in California.

[Jay Honeck]

> Maybe next we can examine how energy deregulation led to nearly free
> electricty in California.

When did they deregulate energy in California?

Everything I've read indicates that they never even came close to
deregulation.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

[Matt Barrow]

"Earl Grieda" > wrote in message
ink.net...
>
> >
> > Didn't want to send you unsolicited email!
>
> Maybe next we can examine how energy deregulation led to nearly free
> electricty in California.

First you need to explain how a regulation set that went from 8,000 pages to
21,000 pages is "deregulation".

[Matt Barrow]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:r3d3e.5693$kT5.4338@attbi_s21...
> > Maybe next we can examine how energy deregulation led to nearly free
> > electricty in California.
>
> When did they deregulate energy in California?
>
> Everything I've read indicates that they never even came close to
> deregulation.

Some analysts at CATO Institute and Reason Foundation independently and
pretty accurately predicted what eventually happened in California before
the ink was dry on the governors signature.

http://www.cato.org/research/articles/taylor-010119.html
January 19, 2001

Prediction: California Power Deregulation Will be a Fiasco
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http://www.cato.org/dailys/8-21-98.html
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http://www.cato.org/dailys/2-06-97.html
February 6, 1997
High-Voltage Swindle: Why Electricity Restructuring Could Electrocute
Ratepayers
Read the article listed in the original to see how the FCC destroyed the
Telecom industry and over $1 TRILLION in investment.

[Matt Barrow]

"Matt Barrow" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
> news:r3d3e.5693$kT5.4338@attbi_s21...
> > > Maybe next we can examine how energy deregulation led to nearly free
> > > electricty in California.
> >
> > When did they deregulate energy in California?
> >
> > Everything I've read indicates that they never even came close to
> > deregulation.
>
> Some analysts at CATO Institute and Reason Foundation independently and
> pretty accurately predicted what eventually happened in California before
> the ink was dry on the governors signature.
>
> http://www.cato.org/research/articles/taylor-010119.html
> January 19, 2001
>
> Prediction: California Power Deregulation Will be a Fiasco
> -------------------------------------
> http://www.cato.org/dailys/8-21-98.html
> --------------------------------------
> http://www.cato.org/dailys/2-06-97.html
> February 6, 1997
> High-Voltage Swindle: Why Electricity Restructuring Could Electrocute
> Ratepayers
> Read the article listed in the original to see how the FCC destroyed the
> Telecom industry and over $1 TRILLION in investment.
>
(Too quick on SNED button)

California Scheming http://reason.com/ml/ml010401.shtml

Power Politics http://reason.com/9704/col.ed.shtml April, 1997

Evidently many believed the politicians version of "pay no attention to that
man behind the curtain", Earl being one of them.

[Matt Barrow]

"George Patterson" > wrote in message
news:oa33e.1703$db.185@trndny07...
> Matt Barrow wrote:
> > I gather you spent much of your career in the Telecom industry, so I
though
> > you might find this interesting:
>
> I did, thanks. Next time, please feel free to email me.
>

I got a lot of really sick jokes, too!

[Matt Barrow]

"Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
news:r3d3e.5693$kT5.4338@attbi_s21...
> > Maybe next we can examine how energy deregulation led to nearly free
> > electricty in California.
>
> When did they deregulate energy in California?
>
> Everything I've read indicates that they never even came close to
> deregulation.
You evidently don't read the LA Times or NY Times (specifically: Paul
Krugman).

[Mike Rapoport]

"Matt Barrow" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Jay Honeck" > wrote in message
> news:r3d3e.5693$kT5.4338@attbi_s21...
>> > Maybe next we can examine how energy deregulation led to nearly free
>> > electricty in California.
>>
>> When did they deregulate energy in California?
>>
>> Everything I've read indicates that they never even came close to
>> deregulation.
>
> Some analysts at CATO Institute and Reason Foundation independently and
> pretty accurately predicted what eventually happened in California before
> the ink was dry on the governors signature.
>
> http://www.cato.org/research/articles/taylor-010119.html
> January 19, 2001
>
> Prediction: California Power Deregulation Will be a Fiasco
> -------------------------------------
> http://www.cato.org/dailys/8-21-98.html
> --------------------------------------
> http://www.cato.org/dailys/2-06-97.html
> February 6, 1997
> High-Voltage Swindle: Why Electricity Restructuring Could Electrocute
> Ratepayers
> Read the article listed in the original to see how the FCC destroyed the
> Telecom industry and over $1 TRILLION in investment.
>
>
>

I'm sure that this is all true but the power companies were all for it and
it was less regulated than before. The airlines all clamored for
deregulation in the 70s....be careful what you wish for...

Mike
MU-2