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Misanthrope
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Re: Sigh...
said by Skippy25  :That is why I call for one nationwide network that any provider of any service can "lease" to get to any customer in any location that is willing to pay for one of their services. You can get that today. You can order a DSx or OCx circuit from your local telco and have the end point be any carrier or ISP you wish. The problem is nobody but businesses and die-hard end-users are willing to pay for that kind of flexibility. (it comes at a steep price) |
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Skippy25
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Hazelwood, MO | Really, thats gives us one nationwide network not controlled by the current kingpins?
I think you missed the entire point and concept of my post. |
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Misanthrope
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Minneapolis, MN | Maybe so? Who are you suggesting would be responsible for operating this nationwide network? |
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Skippy25
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Hazelwood, MO | I would suggest 1 to 3 companies that are overseen by the government. |
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February 9th, @11:43PM
| said by Skippy25 :I would suggest 1 to 3 companies that are overseen by the government. Verizon, ATT, and Qwest are 3 companies that cover the overwhelming majority of the US. They will all sell you data circuits on copper (DS1/3,etc) or fiber (OC3-768) to any destination endpoint you wish. Moreover, the pricing on these connections is regulated by tariffs set by the Public Utilities Commission (the government).
For example, I currently live in an Embarq territory. If I wanted to get a DS3 to Savvis, I could just call up Savvis to order the circuit and they will in turn contact Embarq for the actual delivery of the end-point of the circuit at my house. My monthly bill would only come from Savvis, and they would get charged by Embarq a standard tariff rate set by the PUC.
The network you describe already exists today. |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | reply to Skippy25
If the government controlled it, we'd all have ISDN lines |
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