Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxn.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxn!dak From: dak@ihuxn.UUCP (Dave Krunnfusz) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: AT&T and the 3B*2 Message-ID: <712@ihuxn.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jun-84 10:28:51 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxn.712 Posted: Wed Jun 6 10:28:51 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jun-84 07:48:01 EDT References: <425@hogpc.UUCP> <11100005@acf4.UUCP>, <1981@rlgvax.UUCP> <288@idis.UUCP> <711@ihuxn.UUCP> <66@mouton.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 33 <> Just to give some more information so people can make up their own mind: >Regarding AT&T's "unfair" regulation: AT&T is now claiming, with a >straight face, that they no longer have the power to control the long >distance market. >Funny, when I heard that I suddenly remembered similar remarks about >the silver market from the Hunt brothers about five years ago. What this person doesn't understand (and it's hard to believe since this person works for Bell Communications) is that for the next two years Judge Greene has required that the cost of *Equal Access* to the system for AT&T competitors be approximately 55%!!! of the cost to AT&T Communications (the long distance people of AT&T). That means that for every dollar AT&T Communication must spend for access to the system, MCI, Sprint, et al. need only spend 55 cents. Who do you think will have cheaper rates? It is clear under the current circumstances that AT&T cannot get into a price war with the competitors. It must rely on its services like long distance operators to keep customers. The real threat to AT&T is that the buck is near and dear to everyone's heart and with cheaper prices elsewhere (because there are different rules for AT&T than for everyone else), people will (and all ready have) go to the competitors. I would hope that people on the net would try to refrain from getting sarcastic about things that they are obviously uninformed about. But, alas, I know that it is too much to hope for. Dave K. ..!ihuxn!dak