Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>]

On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 10:20:19PM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> Clearly this is a special situation where there is a natural monopoly 
> given to whomever runs the wires. Maybe what we need is a certain class of 
> company who will be responsible for running and maintaining the public 
> data infrastructures. They could have lots of government regulations to 
> ensure that they are charging a "fair" price while still being guaranteed 
> a profit, and they could provide the last mile service for all those ISPs 
> out there who are the ones that can actually compete and innovate. We 
> could call them telcos, and... oh wait, nevermind.

I believe you've mispronounced:

municipalities.  

Oh, wait: Congress wants to outlaw *that*, too.

Cheers,
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