[171412] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What Net Neutrality should and should not cover
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Mon Apr 28 14:16:09 2014
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From: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 14:14:44 -0400
To: "NANOG Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org>
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I think the problem is simply a lack of competition and the rise of,
in effect, vertical trusts. That is, content providers also
controlling last-mile services.
What exists is rife with conflict of interest and unfair market
power. Particularly in that wire-plants are generally protected
monopolies or small-N oligopolies.
The wire-plant* operators and content providers need to be separated
and competition needs to be mandated by allowing easy and fair access
to wire-plants.
Wire-plant operators should be closely regulated. Content providers
should not, in general, be regulated.
* Which of course may not involve any actual wires but it's a term of
art, L1/L2 if you prefer.
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