Re: [Swprograms] More on Sirius in Canada

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Taking this off line because it seems so off topic...  but I will  
answer it more succinctly online.

The question seems a non-sequiter, if you'll forgive that  
observation.  My points were more explicitly the following:

1.)  Private industry (especially large industries and companies) in  
the US complains incessantly about regulation (except, of course,  
when the regulator favors it over its competition).  It's almost  
Pavlovian.  No..that's wrong.  It IS Pavlovian.

2.)  This particular part of private industry--Sirius Canada--instead  
of complaining loudly and publicly, has decided to work with the  
regulator.  We don't see this much in the US anymore.  Maybe it;s  
because the regulator in Canada has some backbone and is supported by  
a significant number of the politicians.  I don't know.

3.)   I expect a corporation or industry granted--in effect--more  
rights than a private, voting citizen to behave as a good corporate  
citizen.  I don't expect it to complain or expect special  
consideration in the future every time someone asks it to do  
something in the public interest.

jaf

On Aug 30, 2005, at 11:27 PM, Richard Cuff wrote:

> Would you expect a for-profit company to behave differently?  If  
> so, why?
>
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
>
> On 8/30/05, John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I work in  
> the telecommunications bureau of the NY State Public
> Service Commission.  This state of affairs in Canada with Sirius just
> makes me laugh when the industries and companies we "regulate"
> complain about the heavy hand of government.  They ought to try to go
> a few rounds with the CRTC and then come back and talk to us.
>
> John Figliozzi
>
>
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