Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No Ken. In the US the Fed Govt does not tell Sprint they can undercut LD charges that are set by AT&T by x%. In Japan they do! PK - -----Original Message----- From: Ken Iisaka [mailto:kiisaka@attglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 8:51 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: OT Re: [Leica] The Japanese Economy > Even though they allege NTT not to be regulated, they are still government > controlled to a degree. > KDD, ITJ, and IDC as well. Absolutely. IDC is now British owned, though the government is (if I remember correctly) still the largest shareholder of NTT. AT&T, Sprint/MCI, Bell Canada, and probably every single telco around the world are controlled by the government to a degree, whatever that may mean. Finance, telco and utility industries remain the most regulated industries in all developed nations. Anyway, back to regularly scheduled programme...