Re: The Verge article about Verizon's Sandy Cleanup Efforts in Manhattan

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <faisal () snappydsl net> wrote:
> On 11/20/2012 12:10 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> > it's acutally kinda nice that at least from CO -> building now
> > there maybe more highspeed links... and maybe lower long term costs?
>
> Be careful of what you wish for...., Yes, you get fiber from the CO to the
> Building... however there is also a very big side-effect...
> Verizon is not obligated to provide equal access to Competitive providers
> (CLECs) on this Fiber....
>
> Thus, you are also looking a significantly reduced competition..... which is
> very likely to equate to a higher cost for end users.

right, so in the end vz gets what it wants... a return to monopoly.

conspiracy theories about verizon starting the floods?