[170066] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Frank Bulk)
Sun Mar 23 23:10:49 2014
From: "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk@iname.com>
To: "'Naslund, Steve'" <SNaslund@medline.com>
In-Reply-To: <9578293AE169674F9A048B2BC9A081B4B54217B2@MUNPRDMBXA1.medline.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 22:08:07 -0500
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Not sure which rural LECs are exempt from competition. Some areas are
effectively exempt from facilities-based (i.e. wireline) competition because
it's unaffordable, without subsidy, to build a duplicate wireline
infrastructure. There are also wireless carriers and WISPs the compete
against RLECs, as well as satellite providers. I'm not aware of any
exclusivity.
Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: Naslund, Steve [mailto:SNaslund@medline.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 9:00 PM
To: Joe Greco
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: RE: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica
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In a low density area you can never fund a build out which is where
universal access charges came from and the reason that rural LECs are exempt
from competition. In return for building a network that is not profitable
easily they get exclusive access to sell services on it to give them a
chance. Will your NRC be reasonable anywhere outside a major metro area?
<snip>
Steven Naslund
Chicago IL
