[158080] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Verge article about Verizon's Sandy Cleanup Efforts in
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joel jaeggli)
Tue Nov 20 13:33:27 2012
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:27:43 -0800
From: joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAL9jLabUjRVV02RV5YSk9dqaqv0CE_j1dvmZ9CGmJo63-p-V1A@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 11/20/12 10:20 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <faisal@snappydsl.net> wrote:
>> On 11/20/2012 12:10 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
>>> it's acutally kinda nice that at least from CO -> building now
>>> there maybe more highspeed links... and maybe lower long term costs?
>>>
>> Be careful of what you wish for...., Yes, you get fiber from the CO to the
>> Building... however there is also a very big side-effect...
>> Verizon is not obligated to provide equal access to Competitive providers
>> (CLECs) on this Fiber....
>>
>> Thus, you are also looking a significantly reduced competition..... which is
>> very likely to equate to a higher cost for end users.
> right, so in the end vz gets what it wants... a return to monopoly.
>
> conspiracy theories about verizon starting the floods?
The pressure on the regulatory front doesn't increase until the pain
becomes acute...
