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more on INTERESTING ARGUMENTS DJF The Myth of Scarcity, or Verizon-MCI is Doomed
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 10:09:02 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Laurent GUERBY <laurent () guerby net> Date: May 3, 2005 6:38:26 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: Ip <ip () v2 listbox com>Subject: Re: [IP] more on INTERESTING ARGUMENTS DJF The Myth of Scarcity, or Verizon-MCI is Doomed
From: vijay gill <vgill () vijaygill com> Date: May 3, 2005 5:55:24 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Cc: Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] more on INTERESTING ARGUMENTS DJF The Myth of Scarcity, or Verizon-MCI is Doomed
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The ilecs/cablecos have the pipes to the end user, and thus can andwill dominate _in the current regulatory environment_. Having tried togo down the route of using telco unbundled loops to provide service in previous jobs, it was simply not going to happen. The ilecs had absolutely no incentive to play fair, up to and including union people cutting fibers.
[...] FYI, in France regulators added hedty fines when the incumbent telco didn't play fair with the new entrants (they have a delay to respect for unbundling, etc...), and fixed last miles leasing prices by looking at the incumbent accounting books for the past N years and state of the competition - currently set at 9.5 euros per month per unbundled line. I cut all links with the former public monopoly telco last week, for 29.99 euros per month VAT included I have effective 11 Mbit/s down, 0.8 Mbit/s up, fixed IP address (possible reverse DNS to my own domain if I choose it), no port or traffic restrictions, unlimited free national phone calls to fixed lines in France and could watch a few dozen TV over DSL channels if I had a TV and choosed to pay 116 euros/year French public TV tax. My phone is 1440 meters from the telco central. Cities and regions can own lines at their choice and lease them to telcos, regulatory environment is being setup for wimax, again probably allowing the same public and/or private system. There are of course a few lawsuits between telcos, between telco and local governments, etc..., but overall things are going fine. French regulator site with DSL and unbundling statistics (in french): http://www.art-telecom.fr/ Laurent ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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