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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure
On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 22:20 -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 02:21:59PM -0700, Douglas Otis wrote: > > The choice for broadband will be either the cable company or the phone > > company, in those areas with both. In other areas, it will be just the > > phone company. : ( > ... > Clearly this is a special situation where there is a natural monopoly > given to whomever runs the wires. When the government proves unwilling to ensure reasonable access to the central office, why assume loosing this option benefits consumers? Consumers will be facing either a phone monopoly or a phone/cable duopoly. The US lags behind many other countries in broadband access already, where this change inhibits establishment of other carriers, even assuming alternative last-mile technologies could prove viable in the future. There is now no intermediate step into this arena, unless you consider dial-up an entry point. -Doug
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