[134005] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Some truth about Comcast - WikiLeaks style
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Sparro)
Tue Dec 21 12:47:53 2010
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:47:45 -0500
From: David Sparro <dsparro@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4D100805.4090602@gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 12/20/2010 8:51 PM, JC Dill wrote:
> On 20/12/10 2:15 PM, David Sparro wrote:
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>> There is no monopoly. They've already experimented with that and
>> (apparently) decided that it wasn't worth it.
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>> http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/ptech/stories/DN-verizon_17bus.State.Edition1.f7543b.html
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> Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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> Do you have any cites saying that this was actually rolled out? Or did
> the project get cut during the financial crisis, and never actually
> rolled out?
>
> The issue I have with all these "cites" is that none of them are for
> services that are up and running. They are all press releases about
> something that will supposedly get built, maybe.
I still think that the link shows that the factors are more economic
than regulatory. As you point out, even where the regulatory obstacles
have been overcome, it is not clear that Verizon ever actually did their
overbuild to become a third triple-play provider.
--
Dave
