I would imagine that such actions tend to irritate the hive of regulatory
officials. Self regulation would be one way to prevent such action.
The answer is simple: have more lawyers than most jurisdictions
have civil servants.
q: what is a phone company?
q: what do phone company facilities look like?
q: who has more employees? a standalone ISP or a phone company's legal
branch's Human Resources department?
q: is it true that some phone companies' legal branches are revenue centres?
sued itself into existence.
Is there any serious and relevant regulatory authority which
is going to intervene in a contractual dispute between parties
which are NOT dominant in their industry?
It seems to me that players like C&W face vigorous competition.
Sean.
PS - can you tell how much i hate it when vaguely technical people
pose ex cathedra about vaguely legal & regulatory issues?
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Sean Doran <smd@clock.org>
From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]:
"mulch, noun. 1. a protective covering of half-rotten vegetable matter (cf legal department)"