Re: Bangemann Commission Document available from the Web

[Dave Morton <]

> >PS: Recevied some really cool tarrifs a few days ago from DBP Telekom
> >for participation in the 18 PTO ATM pilot. Effectively they prohibit
> >participation if you're in DE.
>
>this, of course, is the least funny situation in europe

Agreed...

>the DBP are legally in breach of several EU directives 

So what's new in the EU !!

>in one of our race projects, their tarrif for 34Mbps access was over
>20 times that of the next most expensive, and app[roaching 35 times
>that of the equivalent tariffed uk service

Recent comment supposedly from a German university professor - "well me
might be able to use it for 10 minutes a day between here and France if
we're lucky !!"

>irrelevant of ATM, they are a disgrace to modern markets and are a
>restraint of trade to network subscribers and other providers who
>could easily blow them away if they didn't have a protectionist
>government
>
>i find their attitude deeply offensive.
>
>seriously.

No need to preach to the converted...

> jon
>

dave