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Okay one more time. I am not saying municipal broadband is the answer. I am saying the one laying the fiber should only be a provisioner. When you have a company that controls the infrastructure and only leases the infrastructure to service providers THAT is when you will see a more level playing field in competition. The small and large companies both have to go through the same channels, which would just be the provisioning.
I don't think any ILEC should lay the fiber because they are service providers and they don't want to share the line. Thus zero competition. A municipal run infrastructure that is done like I mentioned would on the other hand work since it wouldn't compete. Municipal broadband that's going on now isn't what I'm talking about. Though I do see it helping out these communities.
Oh by the way... the municipalities vote on whether or not they go through with providing broadband services so if you don't want it you do at least have a say. Also many of them don't take a cent from the tax payers. |
