Enlightener
join:2006-01-28
Cedar Park, TX
 ·AT&T U-Verse
| Content vs Distribution
I know this is silly thinking, but it really seems like the cable companies and telcos should just build a common fiber infrastructure with the ability to switch a customer from one provider to another. Let them compete on content and service but share the expense of laying fiber.
I know this is how the electric system works ( power provider vs distributor ) in some areas, has it been successful or not?
Either way, Verizon can feel free to overbuild in Cedar Park, TX ( they are in Georgetown, TX now ) any time they want. Maybe that'll convince AT&T to give us FTTP customers more then 10mbps of goodness. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| said by Enlightener  :it really seems like the cable companies and telcos should just build a common fiber infrastructure with the ability to switch a customer from one provider to another. Makes competition too easy. I seriously doubt that you'll see any major telecom provider volunteering to jointly build a common infrastructure. |
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T1 Rocky
join:2002-11-15
Dallas, TX
 ·Time Warner Cable
| reply to Enlightener
said by Enlightener :I know this is silly thinking, but it really seems like the cable companies and telcos should just build a common fiber infrastructure with the ability to switch a customer from one provider to another. Let them compete on content and service but share the expense of laying fiber. I know this is how the electric system works ( power provider vs distributor ) in some areas, has it been successful or not? This is what the Telecom Act of 1996 instructed the government to do. The goverment hired the telos to build out the fiber networks and that was the end of progress. The telcos have literally spent billions of dollars lobbying to make sure that htey have exclusive rights to their fiber. They will not open their networks up to any one for any reason. I love that Verizon and AT&T are stepping on each other's toes now. It was bound to happen when there is no competition left. |
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