Boogeyman
Drive it like you stole it
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join:2002-12-17
Huntsville, AL | reply to keyboard5684
Re: Public dissatisfied with ILECs
Have you read any of the user reviews of the places that have county controlled broadband?
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keyboard5684
join:2001-08-01
Youngsville, PA
 ·Teliax VOIP
 ·WestPAnet Inc.
 ·WestPAnet Inc. CA..
| Yes, and they look good.
In the long term, 5 or ten years from now, is this really going to be seen as a good thing?
In a way this has been attempted before. Forcing the local telcos to "share" there networks. The only difference in this case is replacing the telco with a government system. |
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vic102482
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join:2002-04-30
Upper Marlboro, MD | 1 provider is ALWAYS good. Its not about providers is about competition, thats what you are failing to see:).
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tiger72
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
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·RoadRunner Cable
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said by keyboard5684  :
In a way this has been attempted before. Forcing the local telcos to "share" there networks. The only difference in this case is replacing the telco with a government system.
but not.
The telcos paid for the network buildout and were/are later forced to open their own networks up to competition. In this case, the city is providing the medium thus no company is forced to do anything against its wishes. This way the companies cant monopolize on the lines also.
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mculbert
Macbot3000
join:2001-04-11
Clive, IA
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| Actually all of us, our parents and grandparents paid for the telco's networks through years and years of taxes paid toward defense spending on the network. It's our network, only the telco's have the deep pockets for the bri... er, contributions.
The network was funded like the interstate highway system, but unlike the telco networks, on the interstate you are free to use who you wish to obtain your goods and services. Hell, if you want, you are free to use it to go get goods and services yourself! |
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JakCrow
join:2001-12-06
Palo Alto, CA
| To clarify things:
The bells inherited the existing infrastructure in 1996 when things were deregulated and the existing bells went from public utilities to private companies that didn't have to spend a penny of investor money to build networks from the ground up. While parts of the networks have been updated, the bells have been on easy street by not having to start from scratch. So any time they say the networks are investor built, that's only a small part of the larger picture.
Deregulation really should have made separate network "operator" type companies and services companies out of the bells to begin with so as to prevent the debacle we have now, but that would have made too much sense.
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