Mr Matt
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Re: Looking on the bright side...
 One solution would be to allow any utility (Water, Power, Gas) to provide data/voice transport services. Incentives could be given to install fiber during the installation of any new underground services. Any utility could then provide the last mile of access from a central peering point to customers homes or businesses. Any company providing voice, data or video services could use the facilities to transport their services. Once the delivery of voice data services becomes competitive the incumbents attitude may change. |
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Dogfather
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Laguna Hills, CA
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| Yeah but when muni's try to do that cable and telcos sue to stop it, lie to voters if it goes to a ballot, blackmail the towns (threatening to close call centers and fire everyone etc) or if that fails and the service is installed, resort to illegal predatory pricing practices to kill it. |
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funchords
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said by Mr Matt  : One solution would be to allow any utility (Water, Power, Gas) to provide data/voice transport services. or sewer. »rocwiki.org/Sewer_Fiber_Optic_Network
»www.news.com/2100-1034_3-6064133.html
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Richard B
Fur It Up
join:2007-06-22
Portland, OR | reply to Mr Matt
It been tried it turns into an expensive fiasco. I do not want government to do a Hugo Chavez on my internet. |
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Corydon
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Denver, CO
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| said by Richard B :It been tried it turns into an expensive fiasco. I do not want government to do a Hugo Chavez on my internet. This is a problem. Experiments in this area have not been too encouraging. Municipalities simply do not have the expertise to do this.
On the other hand, the people who do have the expertise are the very same folks who have an incentive to keep competitors out of the arena: the ILECs and the MSOs.
Maybe what's needed is another '80s style telecom breakup, except this time, instead of separating Long Distance from Local Service Providers, we separate companies into one entity that provides and maintains the local loop or the cable infrastructure (and is regulated and provides the same service to everyone) and another entity that provides the cable TV, ISP, phone services, etc. and would be unregulated.
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Cheese
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Naples, FL
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Ugh, we don't want a shitty connection!   |
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funchords
Hello
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Washington, DC | It would give a whole new meaning to "flushing the cache!" |
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Cheese
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| said by funchords :It would give a whole new meaning to "flushing the cache!"  It sure would  |
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