Re: Will wholesale-only muni actually bring the boys to your yard?

[Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Art Plato" <aplato () coldwater org>

> My director believes that we would better serve our community by being
> the layer 1 or 2 provider rather than the service provider. While I
> agree in principle. The reality is, from my perspective is that the
> entities providing the services will fall back to the original
> position that prompted us to build in the first place. Provide a
> minimal service for the maximum price. There is currently no other
> provider in position in our area to provide a competitive service to
> Charter. Loosely translated, our constituents would lose. IMHO.

Yup; that point hadn't escaped me.  That was why I was planning on making
sure that first wholesale provider is already signed up when I go to
make the sales pitch to the council.

Cheers,
-- jra
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