Re: competition (was: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica)

2014-03-21 Thread Wayne E Bouchard
> The impact of competition was extensively questioned and researched > with respect to U.S. Government contracting rules in the early '80s. > This led to the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984. Since then > there's been the routine grumble about the lowest quality bidder and > the periodic sca

Re: competition (was: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica)

2014-03-21 Thread William Herrin
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Keegan Holley wrote: > Again why is the market so important? It just fascinates me > that no one questions it. Howdy, The impact of competition was extensively questioned and researched with respect to U.S. Government contracting rules in the early '80s. This le

Re: competition (was: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica)

2014-03-21 Thread Keegan Holley
On Mar 21, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Jared Mauch wrote: > > On Mar 21, 2014, at 2:08 PM, Keegan Holley wrote: > >> How come no one ever asks if competition is required? > > I think the issue here is there is competition, but those you are seen as > competing with are in a different strata providing