June 29, 200520 yr http://informationweek.com/story/showArtic...cleID=164903333 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The courts don't seem to care about anti-trust any more. Their recent ruling that it's ok for the cable companies to say "F-you" to companies that want to use their lines is a testament to that. Those lines were obtained because those local governments granted them the right to lay them. It's much higher to get those same rights today because of urban sprawl & other factors. So the decision by the USSC is basically F competition & F monopolies. Their your lines, so you can do with them what you want. We'd be hard pressed to having any competition in long distance or local phone service if they took that same attitude after the breakup of AT&T into the RBoc's. As it is recent court rulings have made it a b**** for long distance companies to offer local services. This ruling wrt to cable is like a sanctification of their monopolies. Their only competition are the sat dish companies. Less than 10% of the market.
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