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> >"deregulation killed the independent ISP" does not at all ring true. Economies of scale is part of it, but so >was consolidated billing, coax Internet, "triple play" packages, a…

>The ISP's never got "$200 billion" in the 1990's. That's a total made up number, based on taking what ISP profits would >have been had they been regulated as a utility, and callin…

You might want to read one of the trilogy of books we wrote on the subject, the first published in 1998, the latest published in 2015, or the collection of research reports we publ…

A few facts: ---In 2001, there were 9300 ISPs in America, handling the majority of US internet subscribers. ----By 2010, most of America was supposed to have a fiber optic service …

No. What I call 'tax' perk has multiple layers. First, around the original fiber optic deployment time, Verizon et al took one-time tax deductions under something called FASB71 -- …

You again. Maybe you should actually read the article instead of your usual knee jerk reaction, which is always wrong. The article is about Verizon making false and misleading stat…

There's a problem with all of this-- Verizon's entire Fiber-to-the-home networks are classified as Title II, Common Carriage, telecommunications service. -- Already. Verizon did th…

Let me add some current history. Verizon's entire FiOS network is based on a Title II, common carriage, telecommunications classification-- that's right, for those following Net Ne…

Let's see, First, I have a new book which details the state materials. “The Book of Broken Promises” and goes through 2014, and covers most of the state commitments to deploy fiber…

thanks. AT&T was broken up in 1984 and the company became a 'long distance company', while the local phone companies were spun off to create seven baby bells -- there was no intern…

In the previous thread there was a discussion to give the details of how the phone companies were able to charge customers excess profits and get tax perks that were supposed to be…

short answer..one table, only giving the 'corporate earnings' doesn't tell the story-- but I'll think about a few to post.. highlights. First, the link is to 2014 financials; the t…

The Urban legend speaks – I wrote 3 books on this topic, which outline, in detail how New Networks generated the numbers. In the 1990s, all of the phone companies in the US applied…