Re: The growth of municipal broadband networks

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Mar 25, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Leo Bicknell" <bicknell () ufp org>
>
> > Having looked around the world I personally believe most communities
> > would be best served if the government provided layer-1 distribution,
> > possibly with some layer 2 switching, but then allowed any commercial
> > entity to come in and offer layer 3 services. For simplicity of
> > argument I like people to envision the local government fiber agency
> > (like your water authority) dropping off a 1 port fiber 4 port
> > copper switch in your basement. On that device they can create a
> > layer 2 VLAN/VPN/Tunnel from any of the copper ports to any provider
> > in the town CO. You could buy video from one, voice from one, and
> > internet from another, on three different ports. You could buy
> > everything from one provider.
>
> +5
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra

+more

Owen