Utopia: Symmetrical 50Mbps for $39.95 > this is the framework for the rest of the u.s.

this is the framework for the rest of the u.s.

Sounds like utopia is charging the other providers - bandwidth....because if all the ISP's have cap's in place...then it sounds like utopia is making the $$$ off the bandwidth that crossing over the fiber network...

right. that only makes sense. they have to pay for that somehow.

reply to morbo
I don't really care whether the gov't owns the infrastructure or it's owned by a regulated private entity, but I've come to the opinion that structural separation between information access and information services is the only thing that makes sense. It kinda grates at the libertarian in me, but from a public benefit standpoint it makes more sense than a hands-off corporatist mindset that has shown that it gouges customers and stymies innovation.

Physical access to customers is really a natural monopoly, even if we have more than one type (e.g, telephone, cable, electricity, water/sewer, gas, roads, etc...) If you buy the premise that high-speed information is a 21st century necessity, then it make sense to me that the physical access to information has become a utility and should be treated as such. In essence, that's what Utopia does.

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reply to LostInWoods
Hu hu hu he said "stymies" hu hu hu

reply to morbo
this is exactly how the rest of the US should be set up. I'd like to see the caps raise, (or removed), but its a legitimate tradeoff.