[139071] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The growth of municipal broadband networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Sat Mar 26 09:30:43 2011
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:28:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Bonser" <gbonser@seven.com>
> I would say they provide network access only, not content. They would
> be kept out of providing content and kept in the business of reliably
> connecting content to consumer. That would be their focus.
We aren't even suggesting that, George. We're suggesting that they *provide
access to people who provide network access*; we (most of us, anyway) don't
even think the muni's should provide IP routing. They should provide
*connectivity* to people who do that. And given how STBs work these days,
those wholesale customers could even be cablecos, in addition to telcos,
or IAPs.
Cheers,
-- jra
