And that is why you are on earth and they are not. I think that because space travel/life is so high profile people seem to forget that astronauts & cosmonauts take and accept these risks.
You accept the risks of being killed in a car accident everytime you get inside a car, but does that keep you up at night?
Competition is a good thing, and breaking the monopolies down to allow competition certainly didnt hurt things either.
However, the CRTC lately seems to be ignoring the fact that the "incumbent" telco's still have to do business as well.
Most DSL providers do not make money on their service. In fact, All telco's that offer a "light" version of their highspeed are losing money on it. The only guarantee of income from the telco with those light customers was knowing they would receive some, (albeit very little) revenue from local service.
Now the CRTC takes that away as well.
The problem I see is the CRTC is striping the telco's who have hundreds of millions of dollars invested in infrastructure of all their profits while handing them over to little telco's who have no investment. They own little to no hardware, they own no infrastructure, they have little to nothing to upgrade or maintain, they outsource their billing. What a sweet company to run (comparibly).
Why shouldnt the companies who have the most to risk also have some benefits over those who do not?
The way the CRTC is going, the Incumbent Telcos' wont have the money to maintain their infrastructure. Further, What incentive do they have to risk continued investment; to take that risk, when others can take advantage of it without any?
If the CRTC wants to keep handing free rides over to the little guys, perhaps they should take over all the infrastructure from the telco's and try to manage/maintain and upgarde it themselves. Then they've created the level playing field they are trying to.
Ask yourself this. If you spent hundreds of millions on infrastructure, would you be feeling a little ripped off if a governing body ordered you to share your investment with competition. Competition that doesnt have to make any significant risk or investment? Then be told by that body that you must continue to canibalize your services, so those same companies can continue to make money riding on your coat tails?
The CRTC does just as much to stifle competition as it does to create it. Another great example of that is Canada's Cable Television industry. CRTC's regulations have left us 10 years behind the U.S. in programming. All in the name of competition.
It is for morons like this that the people should have the power to 'recall' politicians at all levels of govt.
Senator Hatch says he's protecting your interests, but we all know the only interests he's protecting are his political contributions
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And that is why you are on earth and they are not. I think that because space travel/life is so high profile people seem to forget that astronauts & cosmonauts take and accept these risks.
You accept the risks of being killed in a car accident everytime you get inside a car, but does that keep you up at night?
lol, if you were....
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no wait, i'll restrain myself
Good Luck
and damn, thats gotta be the most expensive copy of Lindows ever
Personally I enjoy seeing updates posted here about it.. Saves me having to search several other sites looking for information.
/. so much, there are several other news sites you can switch to. I guarantee you no one here will miss you if you leave.
If you hate
so.... STFU or leave, but quit wasting my bandwidth with your whining.
Competition is a good thing, and breaking the monopolies down to allow competition certainly didnt hurt things either.
However, the CRTC lately seems to be ignoring the fact that the "incumbent" telco's still have to do business as well.
Most DSL providers do not make money on their service. In fact, All telco's that offer a "light" version of their highspeed are losing money on it. The only guarantee of income from the telco with those light customers was knowing they would receive some, (albeit very little) revenue from local service.
Now the CRTC takes that away as well.
The problem I see is the CRTC is striping the telco's who have hundreds of millions of dollars invested in infrastructure of all their profits while handing them over to little telco's who have no investment. They own little to no hardware, they own no infrastructure, they have little to nothing to upgrade or maintain, they outsource their billing. What a sweet company to run (comparibly).
Why shouldnt the companies who have the most to risk also have some benefits over those who do not?
The way the CRTC is going, the Incumbent Telcos' wont have the money to maintain their infrastructure. Further, What incentive do they have to risk continued investment; to take that risk, when others can take advantage of it without any?
If the CRTC wants to keep handing free rides over to the little guys, perhaps they should take over all the infrastructure from the telco's and try to manage/maintain and upgarde it themselves. Then they've created the level playing field they are trying to.
Ask yourself this. If you spent hundreds of millions on infrastructure, would you be feeling a little ripped off if a governing body ordered you to share your investment with competition. Competition that doesnt have to make any significant risk or investment? Then be told by that body that you must continue to canibalize your services, so those same companies can continue to make money riding on your coat tails?
The CRTC does just as much to stifle competition as it does to create it. Another great example of that is Canada's Cable Television industry. CRTC's regulations have left us 10 years behind the U.S. in programming. All in the name of competition.
It is for morons like this that the people should have the power to 'recall' politicians at all levels of govt. Senator Hatch says he's protecting your interests, but we all know the only interests he's protecting are his political contributions