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Re: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]

  • From: Sean Donelan
  • Date: Mon Nov 14 11:33:07 2005


On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> In message <[email protected]>, Sean Donela
> n writes:
> >
> >On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Blaine Christian wrote:
> >> We are talking about an infrastructure that does not lend itself very
> >> well to market forces.  In many places FFTH and/or DSL from a single
> >> carrier are becoming the only options.  I would not count a 500ms
> >> satellite hop as an option <grin>.
> >
> >The cable industry claims 97% of the households passed in the US.  Why
> >don't you consider it an option?
> >
> Do they claim to pass 97% with two-way cable?

The cable industry claims 91% of households passed with two-way cable.