[132798] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Wed Dec 1 16:33:00 2010
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <D695B75C-CE5D-4E99-A5EA-54531CF8A813@megacity.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 16:32:47 -0500
To: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 1, 2010, at 3:38 PM, Derek J. Balling wrote:
> On Nov 29, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
>> Broadband in the US is not in that boat. Too many consumers have
>> a "choice" of a single provider. The vast majority of the rest
>> have the "choice" of two providers.=20
>=20
> I dunno. I've lived in areas where I had two dozen local providers =
vying for my last-mile residential connectivity business. Perhaps this =
is something for you to bring up with your local municipality, tell them =
to stop strangling the businesses that want to offer service to their =
residents.
I live in an area without two dozen local providers that offer services =
to my address.
Neither T nor CMCSA offer service at my address nor will they even =
return calls about price quotes to build. The local municipalities were =
uninterested as well, including putting pressure on the local utilities =
(T/CMCSA) that have major offices/callcenters located in the township.
Ultimately I managed to work something out and get service, but for =
those on the "edge" areas, its much harder than you would think to gain =
access. I suspect there will be ongoing property devaluation as a =
consequence of lack of these utilities..
- Jared=
