[79204] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: potpourri (Re: Clearwire May Block VoIP Competitors )
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric A. Hall)
Thu Mar 31 19:30:05 2005
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:29:13 -0600
From: "Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>
To: Larry Smith <lesmith@ecsis.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200503311429.59425.lesmith@ecsis.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 3/31/2005 2:29 PM, Larry Smith wrote:
> If / when we get back to the state of "monopoly" on data pipes such as
> water and sewer are today (I doubt you have little if any choice on
> where your water comes from or where your sewer goes
There are loads of non-municipal installs where if you want water and
sewer, you dig your own holes in the ground. Regulations still exist for
safety and such but that's separate from the monopoly providers found in
denser installs.
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