hurfyPremium
join:2002-08-06
Spokane, WA | I agree, let the market sort it out :) The city drops a fiber line to everyone (even better fiber,coax and copper) and runs em all to a main office(s).
City sells x bandwidth (on line y) for $z to ISP, cableco, telco or whoever.
Any ISP/whoever can plug in the main office and sell you anything for whatever they want to charge. Virtually no regulations required!
Not what they had in mind? oops sorry  |
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kcir
join:2005-07-30
Butner, NC | Let the market prevail WHERE there is a market. There is with everything give and take. Where there is actually at TRUE "market" available let it prevail. To that end once in a state 90% of the residents have two competing broadband options offer at least 1M/1M remove all regulation and let them compete! This should give all the providers an incentive to deploy. |
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 MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL | reply to hurfy
Re: I agree, let the market sort it out :) I've been thinking a plan like that would be good. The city builds and maintains the infrastructure, but doesn't directly sell it to EUs. Instead they lease it out to ISPs who can compete equally with each other. All infrastructure repairs are handled by the municipality, who treats all companies equally. This could provide real competition. |
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| I believe this is essentially the plan in Utah, aka UTOPIA. |
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MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL | said by Minister:I believe this is essentially the plan in Utah, aka UTOPIA. How's it working out for them? |
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| Some good, some bad. They're being attacked in courts still by Qwest I believe, who doesn't want to have to compete. UTOPIA allows AT&T to offer symmetrical fiber service to customers. I recently read this piece in the Salt Lake City Weekly that has an overview:
»www.slweekly.com/editorial/2006/···0-05.cfm
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While UTOPIA cables now run near 44,000 homes, the network has just 5,100 subscribers.
UTOPIA Chief Operating Officer Roger Black admits the project could do with more users, but predicts that will change after the second phase of construction is completed next year. UTOPIA revenues have expanded from $123,000 last year to about $1.5 million in the fiscal year than ended in June.
“I think this is still very much a challenging undertaking,” said Black. “We’re not concerned about the situation today.”
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MaxoYour tax dollars at work.Premium,VIP
join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL | I wonder what the usual customer grab is. How far off is 12% versus what other broadband providers see? |
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Man, that's what I've been advocating for practically forever.
Always nice to see someone else pushing for a straightforward, sensible solution. ^_^ |
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