| Deregulation should apply to the local level... I would be for total deregulation IF and ONLY IF it also applies to the local city governments. Right now, there is exactly one vendor who is allowed to string wire in a city government's jurisdiction. How can there be competition if only SBC is allowed to string the wire and then not share it? Answer is, there can't be competition. If the city governments were forced to allow anyone to string wires in any area, then there could be competition. ILECs like SBC would be able to use their networks without sharing, and CLECs would be able to set up their networks any way they want and set up their own usage in the same areas and compete.
So, Either ALL LEVELs of Government should be kept out of Regulation of Broadband, or it really is needed for total regulation to insure some sort of competition. Isn't the problem right now that people in various areas are only allowed to use the 'City' sanctioned services of one cable company or one telecom company? Especially when both are substandard services? If anything, it is time for the City governments to be regulated concerning broadband. |
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| Are you saying SBC is the company installing CableTV in you town?
I am aware that in several states, I think Texas is one, the ILECs lobbied for law that prohibits municipal government from owning or installing cable plant on the basis of unfair competition.
I have no problem with local government controlling access to local rights-of-way. It ought to be a local decision not forced on the community by Washington.
As to the facilities sharing issue I agree with you. Access to internal network elements was intended to jump start competition and encourage facilities based competition. It has not done so. Rather is has created a regulatory morass and created artifical differences between Telcos and Cablecos.
If one embraces the notion of complete deregulation the first-mile carriers will have an inordinate amount of control over how the network is used, since in any given market there will be few options.
As an analogy it as if the government granted the rights for a private company to build a toll road and allowed them to control the type of vehicles that are allowed to use the road, GM vehicles are OK Toyota is prohibited. The most important issue is how do we create incentives to private companies to build the toll road while preventing them from discriminating against traffic they don't like!
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| Re: Deregulation should apply to the local level.. said by tschmidt:
Are you saying SBC is the company installing CableTV in you town?
No, it is Paragon Cable in my town -- ONLY! It is Verizon is my town on the Telco side -- ONLY! Thanks to my Local Government, I can't chose SBC, or Charter, or AT&T etc.
said by tschmidt:
I have no problem with local government controlling access to local rights-of-way. It ought to be a local decision not forced on the community by Washington.
I Do have a problem with Local Government controlling access to local rights-of-way....It only allows the Local Government (NOTE: NOT COMMUNITY), to let the company that paid the most money to provide service to me -- ON THEIR TERMS ONLY!
said by tschmidt:
As an analogy it as if the government granted the rights for a private company to build a toll road and allowed them to control the type of vehicles that are allowed to use the road, GM vehicles are OK Toyota is prohibited. The most important issue is how do we create incentives to private companies to build the toll road while preventing them from discriminating against traffic they don't like!
That has already happened here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area...It is called the North Texas Tollway Association who have managed to get the state to give them some roads for their express control....And Dallas encourages them so they can keep getting their cut of revenues. |
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| spicerun, sorry to hear things are so bad at the local level. I'm lucky to live in a town that tries to implement the mandate of voters. We have Verizon as the Telco and rather “colorful” Adelephia for Cable.
I maintain it is easier to mobilize other like-minded folks in your town to change a policy you disagree with then if the Federal government mandates what happens at the local level. I much rather have to lobby my local government then the Congress. |
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