Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu>]

In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0511141103370.27792 () clifden donelan com>, Sean Donela
n writes:
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Blaine Christian wrote:
> > We are talking about an infrastructure that does not lend itself very
> > well to market forces.  In many places FFTH and/or DSL from a single
> > carrier are becoming the only options.  I would not count a 500ms
> > satellite hop as an option <grin>.
>
> The cable industry claims 97% of the households passed in the US.  Why
> don't you consider it an option?
Do they claim to pass 97% with two-way cable?

                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb