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In response to “Information and the Public Interest: The Fear of Monopoly” (editorial, Oct. 23):
Contrary to your assertion, the Telecommunications Act of 1991 (H.R. 3515) is not a “ . . . pro-competitive, consumer-friendly law. . . .” Like military music and equitable divorce , wise rules and fair regulations are oxymorons.
The truth is that the Baby Bells are powerful precisely because they enjoy government-mandated monopoly power: the provision of local telephone service. Both competitors and consumers would be better served by fewer rules and less regulations; to wit, repeal of the Bells’ monopoly.
BEN M. ENIS, La Canada
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