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Re: Has anyone bothered to read the bill? Yep - I can see both sides of the argument. The incumbents do not want to compete against an entity with essentially unlimited funds through taxation. OTOH, the incumbents have already decided that they can't provide the services requested. I've not seen any governments jumping at building a broadband delivery system when a modern system already exists. The current situations are a bit like a little kid grabbing his ball and running home, saying that if he can't set the rules then no one can play.
As to Utopia, like I said a bit further up, I'd really like to read a disinterested third party analysis of that situation. Seems like some BYU business professor could do a great service with that as a grad student project.
I'm not so sure they should be wholesaling anything (if they are) and their objective ought to be to just break even on the infrastructure costs. Let the content/service providers bring the content to Utopia's network and let Utopia manage the physical delivery of the bits to the house.
Shoot - Utopia shouldn't even need to manage connections or system maintenance. Connections could be done by the providers themselves under rules established by Utopia and maintenance could be contracted out as well. Basically a physical plant management contract that someone like Qwest could bid for, if they really wanted to. |
