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Abolish corporate tax. It would be great for the economy

Agreed!

Freedom is not a desirable thing?

Sure it is thats' why SBC has invested so heavily in other foreign companies including "Telephonos de Mexico". They just take the profits from the T1 customers and run to a more lucrative market which is less regulated? Hmmm... Mexico's phone industry is less regulated than the US now thats a stretch.

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So, you don't think the government regulate the US telcom industry enough or what? I'm not really sure what you're saying. Government regulation usually has a negative impact on industry. Minimal regulation is fine, something that provides an atmosphere for the companies to compete in. But too much is negative.

Look at California's Energy Crisis. Government Regulation. That's what did it. What I hear this fellow saying in this article is that bandwidth/telecommunications is heading towards a similar crisis in America because of gov't regulations.

Why not do all we can to have America catch up with some of these Asian countries he listed? Why not do everything we can to make America number one on the list instead of number 11?

Long distance phone service seems like an old fashioned notion to me. I mean, I'm in Edinburgh, Scotland and communicating with you just like you're over on Princes Street. If everyone had broadband, what would be the difference if we were using voice messages over the net and making a long distance phone call? I'm not going to pay anymore if I keep this conversation with you going for days on end but if I were to open a telephone connection with you in the States and just let it go for days like that- wow, that would cost a lot of money. It makes no sense to me.

I think the role of gov't in industry should be to make sure they are able to move forward and pull the nation into the future rather than throw roadblocks up.