From: RonB on
hancock4(a)bbs.cpcn.com wrote:

> With all due respect, there seems to be this myth that all sorts of
> wonderful things happened at Divesture in 1983 because of Divesture.
> Technology was making huge leaps forward and prices were dropping
> prior to 1983. The big drop in comm prices was for the same reason
> computers, stereos, TV sets and other electronic goods dropped in
> price; the big price drops were not related to Divesture.

<Mostly snipped>

Good message -- what I was trying to say, except you actually said it.

--
RonB
"There's a story there...somewhere"
From: Larry Sheldon on
RonB wrote:

> Government "mandated" telephone monopoly? Where do you get this?

I walk around with my eyes open.
From: RonB on
Larry Sheldon wrote:
> RonB wrote:
>
>> Government "mandated" telephone monopoly? Where do you get this?
>
> I walk around with my eyes open.

Really? I live in a state that borders two states that border Missouri.
You'll have to "show me."

--
RonB
"There's a story there...somewhere"
From: Ezekiel on
>
>"Rex Ballard" <rex.ballard(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:b1823c3e-d5e9-4f42-aca7-9e291c2e6962(a)p9g2000vbl.googlegroups.com...
>On Oct 19, 1:56 pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On 2009-10-19, pbj <postittothenewsgr...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:36:10 +0000, Brent wrote:
>
>> >> On 2009-10-19, Larry Sheldon <lfshel...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> gpsman wrote:
>> >>>> On Oct 19, 9:00 am, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>> Explain how a monopoly or cartel can endure without government
>> >>>>> intervention on behalf of the monopoly or cartel.
>
>Economics 101. The very nature of the monopoly is that the monopolist
>maintains exclusive control of something absolutely critical to it's
>customers (those who pay the company directly).
>
>AT&T strung thousands of telephone wires and was able to prevent other
>companies from stringing similar wires in other areas because the
>standards were different and equipment would be damaged.(deliberately
>or accidentally).

(SNIP 100's of lines of nonsense and BS)

Your tin foil helmet is on too tight again.





From: Moshe Goldfarb on
On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:33:13 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:

>>
>>"Rex Ballard" <rex.ballard(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:b1823c3e-d5e9-4f42-aca7-9e291c2e6962(a)p9g2000vbl.googlegroups.com...
>>On Oct 19, 1:56 pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On 2009-10-19, pbj <postittothenewsgr...(a)nospam.com> wrote:
>>> > On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:36:10 +0000, Brent wrote:
>>
>>> >> On 2009-10-19, Larry Sheldon <lfshel...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> gpsman wrote:
>>> >>>> On Oct 19, 9:00 am, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com>
>>> >>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>> Explain how a monopoly or cartel can endure without government
>>> >>>>> intervention on behalf of the monopoly or cartel.
>>
>>Economics 101. The very nature of the monopoly is that the monopolist
>>maintains exclusive control of something absolutely critical to it's
>>customers (those who pay the company directly).
>>
>>AT&T strung thousands of telephone wires and was able to prevent other
>>companies from stringing similar wires in other areas because the
>>standards were different and equipment would be damaged.(deliberately
>>or accidentally).
>
> (SNIP 100's of lines of nonsense and BS)
>
> Your tin foil helmet is on too tight again.

I think all the bad weather up here in the northeast has shorted
out Rex's antenna.....