RE: Free access to measurement network

["Naslund, Steve" <SNaslund () medline com>]

They may not be monopolies by definition but they act like one when there is only a single viable option.  In Chicago I 
have access to Comcast Cable (city franchise cable provider in this area), AT&T Uverse (no fiber to the home so its 
DSL), or some wireless options (line of sight is tough, and non-LOS is not very fast).  If I want always on > 50 mbps 
service it is pretty much Comcast.  If you don't like the reliability or customer service, too bad.

At my summer home in Wisconsin we have access to CenturyLink (the protected RLEC) or satellite.  That's it.

Steven Naslund
Chicago IL


> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 11:05 AM
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> BTW: There are no government-enforced monopolies anywhere in the US, aside from possibly Native American reservations. 
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> Mike Hammett
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