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Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style
From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell () ufp org>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:01:13 -0800
In a message written on Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 12:47:45PM -0500, David Sparro wrote:
I still think that the link shows that the factors are more economic than regulatory. As you point out, even where the regulatory obstacles have been overcome, it is not clear that Verizon ever actually did their overbuild to become a third triple-play provider.
It's not so simple. There are pure regulatory issues, like getting a franchise license to provide video services. There are pure economic issues, like being able to afford the fiber and optics and such. Then there is a mess in the middle. For instance in the early 2000's DC changed its rules for permitting duct installation. Previously if you wanted to dig up a street you applied for a permit and did just that. However too many streets were being dug up too many times in a row, and residents screamed. The city changed it so to dig up a street you had to post what you were going to dig up like 90 or 180 days in advance, and if someone else wanted the same route you were required to install conduit for them in the same trench at cost when you did it. [My understanding is the rules have since been altered again, so I'm likely not up to date.] Is that a regulatory obstical, since it's government rules? Is that an economic obstical, since it just raises costs? -- Leo Bicknell - bicknell () ufp org - CCIE 3440 PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/
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