[169966] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Wieling)
Fri Mar 21 23:45:29 2014
From: Eric Wieling <EWieling@nyigc.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:45:02 -0400
In-Reply-To: <532CED53.6080709@cox.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Make the regulation and force of arms be as targeted as reasonable. In th=
e case of telecommunications as targeted as reasonable means the "last mile=
" or, more correctly, the "local loop". I advocate stringent ongoing ove=
rsight and regulation of the local loop and very little regulation for the =
rest of the communications industry. =20
If the incumbent telcos want to compete on equal footing in a free market t=
hen I invite them to give up their government granted right of ways to run =
their copper or fiber and compete on a level playing field. They will neve=
r do that and therefore the last mile can never be a free market. =20
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Sheldon [mailto:LarrySheldon@cox.net]=20
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:54 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica
*too old, failing memory and all, I'll have to go read up on "natural monop=
oly"--I can not think of one that does not require regulation and force of =
arms to exist.
