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[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

The only way we will ever see real and true competition is if we prohibit Layer 2+ providers from playing in the Layer 
1 space.

At some point, we will need to recognize that for the population densities in the vast majority of the united States 
(including most urban areas), Layer 1 is effectively a natural monopoly and you will rarely get more than one provider 
installing any given media type. An independent layer 1 provider required to provide equal access to all competing 
layer 2+ providers in each are would drive increased competition in L2+ services.

Owen

On Mar 20, 2014, at 7:44 PM, Jeremy <stealth702 () gmail com> wrote:

> And of course that only last until someone else decides to buy the
> competition, I mean "invest in other companies".
> On Mar 20, 2014 7:58 PM, "Mike." <the.lists () mgm51 com> wrote:
>
> > On 3/20/2014 at 4:17 PM Bryan Fields wrote:
> >
> > |On 3/20/14, 12:34 PM, Blake Hudson wrote:
> > |> The solution seems to be competition or regulation.
> > |I'd prefer competition to regulation.
> > =============
> >
> > If real and true competition exists, yes.