Re: potpourri (Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors )

[Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se>]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2005, Eric A. Hall wrote:

> Besides which, your exmple of parallel [and identical] networks shows 
> that there are dumb things to be found in trying to maintain artifical 
> competition in a non-competitive environment.

Yes, of course there are plenty of examples of dumb things being done, but 
on the other hand I disagree with your example that the US is inventing 
everything, well, unless you didn't mean to imply that you use it as well. 
I attenced a Ethernet in the first mile seminar at N+I last year, and 
sitting there listening to US telcos saying that ethernet might work was 
just fascinating. The rest of the world has been doing this for years.

Also, look at where implementation of high-speed local access is being 
done, it's not in the US anyway.

If the PTTs can sit on their access networks without regulation, there 
will be no competition in the access, and then the market comes to a 
standstill because building new access networks costs an arm and a leg, 
especially if right-of-way is hard to come by and you have to negotiate 
with every land-owner on the way.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike () swm pp se