[119409] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Policy News
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin M. Streiner)
Wed Nov 18 09:54:09 2009
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:49 -0500 (EST)
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
To: Nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <bd31247d0911180639q758a904bk42634510c909562c@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, Jerry Dixon wrote:
> The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday will lay out the case for
> expanding broadband Internet service, outlining current obstacles to making
> it widely available. The agency is considering whether to force Internet
> providers to share their networks with rivals and raise fees charged on
> consumer phone bills to pay for the broader access."
The telcos are asking for more taxpayer-funded goodie--er... incentives
to expand broadband coverage. Given that the incentives (entry into
additional markets, additional fees tacked onto customer bills,
reduction/elimination of various other regulatory hurdles, etc) that have
been handed to them over the past 10+ years have largely failed to
produce that expanded coverage and improved service, doing more of the
same is pretty much throwing good money after bad.
jms
