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Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure
From: Douglas Otis <dotis () mail-abuse org>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 01:21:57 -0700
On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 22:20 -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 02:21:59PM -0700, Douglas Otis wrote:
The choice for broadband will be either the cable company or the phone company, in those areas with both. In other areas, it will be just the phone company. : (
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Clearly this is a special situation where there is a natural monopoly given to whomever runs the wires.
When the government proves unwilling to ensure reasonable access to the central office, why assume loosing this option benefits consumers? Consumers will be facing either a phone monopoly or a phone/cable duopoly. The US lags behind many other countries in broadband access already, where this change inhibits establishment of other carriers, even assuming alternative last-mile technologies could prove viable in the future. There is now no intermediate step into this arena, unless you consider dial-up an entry point. -Doug
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- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Randy Bush (Aug 07)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Christopher L. Morrow (Aug 07)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Joseph S D Yao (Aug 10)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Christopher Woodfield (Aug 10)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Tom Vest (Aug 07)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Christopher L. Morrow (Aug 07)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Douglas Otis (Aug 07)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Richard A Steenbergen (Aug 07)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Joe McGuckin (Aug 07)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Michael Painter (Aug 08)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Douglas Otis (Aug 08)
- Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure Todd Vierling (Aug 08)
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