undermine more than 20 years of efforts to introduce competition into residential and long-distance telecommunications markets. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0
Rubber-stamping these mergers is an embarrassing milestone in this nation because it puts an end to any real hope of head-to-head telephone competition. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0
This is an earth-shattering reversal of competition policy from the agency that 21 years ago broke up the Bell monopoly and today is coddling the dominant Bell companies who seek to re-monopolize each of their regions. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0
It's a clear industry strategy: They are trying to find ways to push customers to spend more. There's no other reason for this other than their greed. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0
What happened today was (Martin) just blew an enormous hole in the fortress of the cable and broadcast monopoly. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0
Ultimately, dialing up an Internet Service Provider will be treated as a long- distance phone call. Everything about the FCC's analysis indicates that this will cause a price increase for the consumer. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0
It is the inevitable backslide toward monopoly and results from excessive deregulation and weak antitrust oversight. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0
We'll be extremely disappointed if antitrust officials do not require more substantial divestment of assets. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0
I think we are on a slippery slope to something that hopefully will be much better for consumers. Consumers could wind up with more choices and more control over what they spend and what they get. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0
The government has been deceived before by promises that somehow more concentration would produce more choices and competition, when the result has been just the opposite. It shouldn't be fooled again. Gene Kimmelman More Gene Kimmelman Quotes 0