Octopussy2
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join:2003-03-30
Batavia, IL
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Re: This is BS.
Do you really think the ILECs are just going to close up shop? With the wholesale line rate increases they have been ramming through in states everywhere competition for any local service is drying up and packing it in. They are consolidating and becoming more and more powerful.
Look, since ILECs like SBC and Bellsouth want to cherry pick and only serve medium income and high income markets when/if they upgrade networks in an area somewhere at some time near you (maybe 5 or 10 years from now), what gives them any right to fight communities who are trying to provide vital infrastructure for their residents and businesses as a choice for services? Why should any community be beholden to a Bell or a cable company and have to get their permission to do anything?
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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| said by Octopussy2  :Do you really think the ILECs are just going to close up shop?.... I wouldn't think in a million years the ILECs would close up shop voluntarily, but it would be nice if they just disappeared and left the infrastructure behind. Then we could start over and do this in a logical, sane way that benefits everyone, including customers. For the most part right now, broadband is just being treated as a big money machine by the incumbents and I don't think they particularly care if the U.S. is being left in the dust by most other developed countries.
BTW, I absolutely agree that cities, towns and municipalities should have the right to develope their own broadband solutions, including building the infrastructure. |
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Octopussy2
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join:2003-03-30
Batavia, IL
| Right on!
Of course they don't care if we are #13th in the world or #55 for that matter. As long as they get paid a lot of money they could care less if our kids grow up to be morons, if a digital divide exists, etc....
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