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| | Broadband is a utility Forcing the cable companies and phone companies to lineshare is like forcing the water company and natural gas companies to share their pipes. Companies that do not maintain their own lines are parasitic participants in an artificial market.
I do take issue when telcos prevent other carriers from building their own network. | |
|  | | Re: Broadband is a utility Hmm. If broadband is a utility, then why is it not at all regulated like a utility? There are price and quality controls on my water and gas, but no such thing on my broadband.
But aside from that, your premise is flawed. Open access policies are applied to both the power and gas markets all over the world. It is a part of many liberalization trade agreements. | |
| | | | Re: Broadband is a utility said by Bill Dollar:Hmm. If broadband is a utility, then why is it not at all regulated like a utility? There are price and quality controls on my water and gas, but no such thing on my broadband. I am not against regulating broadband as a utility. Past and current administrations have been reluctant to do so.
But aside from that, your premise is flawed. Open access policies are applied to both the power and gas markets all over the world. It is a part of many liberalization trade agreements.
Are you referring to the production or to the distribution of power & gas?
I have lived in a couple cities, with different electric/gas companies, and each delivered the exact same service. Pretty much the only way to distinguish between those companies' service is price. | |
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Mount Airy, MD | said by Bill Dollar:Hmm. If broadband is a utility, then why is it not at all regulated like a utility? There are price and quality controls on my water and gas, but no such thing on my broadband. Heh. My unregulated broadband bill doesn't change year after year.
Meanwhile, my regulated electric, water and sewer rates go up every year.
Regulation sucks.
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"Net Neutrality" zealots - the people you can thank for your capped Internet service. | |
| | | | | Re: Broadband is a utility said by pnh102:said by Bill Dollar:Hmm. If broadband is a utility, then why is it not at all regulated like a utility? There are price and quality controls on my water and gas, but no such thing on my broadband. Heh. My unregulated broadband bill doesn't change year after year. Meanwhile, my regulated electric, water and sewer rates go up every year. Regulation sucks. Why yes, your extremely anecdotal experience that happens to match your previously proffered ideology does indeed change my mind, leading me to generalize along with you that all regulation sucks. Whoopee. | |
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Mount Airy, MD | Re: Broadband is a utility said by sonicmerlin:Why yes, your extremely anecdotal experience that happens to match your previously proffered ideology does indeed change my mind, leading me to generalize along with you that all regulation sucks. Whoopee. So you're in favor of broadband prices going up every year, provided it is with government blessing, just like power, water, sewer and other utility rates do.
How is making broadband more expensive going to help get it to more people, especially when we've reached what is essentially a saturation point for broadband subscription in this country?
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Suffern, NY | said by hoyleysox:Forcing the cable companies and phone companies to lineshare is like forcing the water company and natural gas companies to share their pipes. Companies that do not maintain their own lines are parasitic participants in an artificial market. Why must the user be the same as the owner/provider? My Gas and Electric Company sells the delivery to which ever company I want (including having them bill me for the delivery). You used to be able to get your phone service from someone other than the owner of the copper wire from the CO to your home. I say separate the "Last Mile" delivery from the company using that Last Mile to deliver service and require the last mile provider to allow anyone to use their connection. That way you have one company that owns/maintains the lines and multiple companies who USE those lines to deliver service. There should be a hands-distance relationship if the owner also is a provider/deliverer. | |
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