Re: FCCs RFC for the Definition of Broadband

[Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net>]

> JC Dill wrote:
> > IMHO the biggest obstacle to defining broadband is figuring out how to 
> > describe how it is used in a way that prevents an ILEC from installing 
> > it so that only the ILEC can use it.  If the customer doesn't have at 
>
> Oh, that's easy. If the government pays for 90% of the plant cost, I'm 
> sure ILECs would love to share it with everyone else. Until then, put 
> your own plant in. As an added bonus, when you put your own plant in as 
> a CLEC, you can just serve the profitable areas and leave the poor ILEC 
> having to serve the barn 15 miles from the nearest neighbor.

Huh?  Wait, don't drink anymore of that, guys!

We've *already* subsidized the telcos $200 billion for a next generation
broadband-capable plant, that was supposed to be LEC-neutral...

http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_002683.html

So, we've *already* paid the plant cost, and we've gotten nothing much in
return.

... JG
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