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Re: Muni Fiber and Politics

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Helms)
Fri Aug 1 16:34:54 2014

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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 16:32:37 -0400
From: Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com>
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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> I can never see a case where letting them play at Layer 3 or above helps.
> That=E2=80=99s bad news, stay away.  But I think some well crafted L2 ser=
vices
> could actually _expand_ consumer choice.  I mean running a dark fiber
> GigE to supply voice only makes no sense, but a 10M channel on a GPON
> serving a VoIP box may=E2=80=A6
>

Even in those cases where there isn't a layer 3 operator nor a chance for a
viable resale of layer 1/2 services.

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