[141804] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joly MacFie)
Sat Jun 11 22:01:57 2011
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From: Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 22:00:30 -0400
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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>
>
> Also remember there are a lot of moves afoot to *make it illegal* for
> cities
> and other municipalities to deploy last-mile fiber, as we discussed a
> couple
> weeks ago. Who's responsible for most of that?
>
> Verizon.
>
> Can you spell FiOS?
>
> My assertion's been that they need it to save them from 30 years of "cut to
> clear", but someone with some insider knowledge told me once that it at
> least isn't that *everywhere*...
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>
>
Well, Time Warner too, F'r instance North Carolina.
See analysis
http://www.muninetworks.org/content/digging-h129-another-bill-nc-limit-local-authority-and-broadband-competition
Not exactly illegal but so many hoops that nobody will jump
I suppose the TW argument is that they need a monopoly to justify investment
Here in NYC, in exchange for a franchise, Verizon had to promise universal
coverage by mid 2014
http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-files-application-and.html
and there was no exclusive deal.
j
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