quote:Meanwhile, the FCC and the courts have consistently ruled that the cable and telephone companies are under no legal obligation to share their broadband lines with would-be competitors
While I agree with this in principle, and lived it in dot com reality while working for a CLEC, I can see both sides of the coin here. I do belive the landscape would be quite different had the ball rolled the other way, with competitor's paying hefty charges for their "shared" access to a more public network.
I'm just still sitting here wondering what was wrong with a little bit of competition. Guess it's not the American way anymore. If you can't compete, litigate.
quote:Meanwhile, the FCC and the courts have consistently ruled that the cable and telephone companies are under no legal obligation to share their broadband lines with would-be competitors
Some might say that this makes the FCC the most anti-tech organization in America.
Competition is great. Unfortunately, it seems that most potential competitors don't want to invest in their infrastructure to actually compete.
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