In his May 20 Outlook article, "The right call for Houston: a new phone system," Houston City] Councilman Mark Goldberg rightly complained about SBC overcharging the city of Houston for millions in unwanted and overpriced services. Goldberg observed that SBC has not offered to refund the money, and that the city of Dallas had a similar experience.
The Texas Legislature is considering making changes to telephone deregulation that would allow SBC to overprice access charges paid by competitive local carriers as a means to reach businesses and consumers. If SBC is allowed to have its way, there will soon be no "alternative" telephone providers for the city of Houston to turn to, and no voice over Internet protocol technology to improve operations.
SBC's frontal assault on deregulation has crippled the entire telecom industry. Now that the politicians are feeling the pain, maybe we'll get some true deregulation.
Pete Smith, general manager,
Cypress Communications, Houston
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