[129737] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Fri Sep 17 15:24:28 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <1009171644.AA02827@ivan.Harhan.ORG>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:22:05 -0700
To: Michael Sokolov <msokolov@ivan.Harhan.ORG>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 17, 2010, at 9:44 AM, Michael Sokolov wrote:
> Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> wrote:
>
>> There really isn't a lot of choice, 2 providers, and some minor choice
>> in how much speed you want to pay for with each one.
>
> Does that mean no CLECs like Covad or DSL.net who colocate in the AT&T
> CO, rent unbundled dry copper pairs and take it up from there themselves?
>
> Does that mean no ISPs who buy/rent last+middle mile transport from AT&T
> ADSL network at Layer 2 (ATM) and provide their own IP layer?
>
> MS
In many metros, yes.
Owen
