[ale] [OT] AT&T DSL vs RoadRunner cable broadband

[Jim Kinney]

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> Jim Kinney wrote:
>> BS has a wonderful habit of installing a type of equipment that no one
>> can connect to. At least that's what the claim is. There are certain
>> types of systems they are not required to allow third-party hookup to
>> so that is what they deploy by default.
>>
>> The only _REAL_ solution to this nightmare is to legislate a permanent
>> split between hardware provisioning and service provided over that
>> hardware. When "Fred's Pole Service" doesn't deliver working
>> wires/fiber/coax to a neighborhood, the data services can petition to
>> have the contract revoked and a new last-mile provider can bid. This
>> may need to be a local city/county servicing process or a neighborhood
>> contracting process (think condo association here).
>>
> Be real careful with that solution.  Just remember what happened to our
> natural gas prices when something like that happened here.  I'm still
> waiting for the projected costs to come down because of the increased
> competition.  For those of you outside of Georgia, the state deregulated
> gas, the result of which was the largest natural gas price increase in
> history.

Ah yes. "Deregulation" == "price collusion". This is more of a
monopoly breakup to protect access rights.

I'm not a fan of "Too big to fail" businesses. Maybe a "Utilities and
Services Commissioner" position to handle the complaints and bidding
process for who has responsibility for section abc for power,
water/sewer, telecommunications _infrastructure_ (probably different
groups on water and power :-) water/sewage + 180kV = BANG!). Just
thinking out loud here.
>
> Jim.
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