] As any independent provider of Internet service can
] attest, the Bells have spent the last seven years
] fighting implementation of this federal law and are
] making it as difficult as possible for competitors to
] access the networks. Their needlessly high wholesale
] access prices have driven most DSL competitors out of
] business or into bankruptcy and locked America's ISPs
] into a low-speed ghetto.
]
] Not surprisingly, prices jumped immediately after the
] lockout was achieved.
]
] The Internet as Americans know it today is built on
] competition, choice and low-cost access--attributes not
] usually associated with the Bell monopolies. In fact, it
] appears that the DSL debacle may have only been the first
] course and that the Bells are now moving in for the kill,
] with the Internet itself as the ultimate entree. We all
] deserve better.

Will the Bells crush Net calling?