[151464] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc (was: att fiber, et al)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Mar 22 13:37:35 2012
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <CABO8Q6T0CZqJJKkPD8EZYFsbVWWAmshEeZwuPah=_sXxaY-mjg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:36:27 -0400
To: Keegan Holley <keegan.holley@sungard.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mar 22, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Keegan Holley wrote:
> What is there that's worth having that isn't controlled by a big =
company of some sort?
This is done in some places. eg: http://www.allband.org/
Some states place barriers to establishing a cooperative. Call your =
state PUC, there are good people there who will tell you about the =
unserved areas of the state. Your universal service fund tax has not =
made PSTN available to 100% of the US. The Allband service area just =
got the telephony services the rest of the country has enjoyed for =
decades.
There are also many independent phone companies nationwide. Some are =
comfortable in their areas, others are pushing to expand.
- Jared=
