[83300] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: fcc ruling on dsl providers' access to infrastructure
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph S D Yao)
Wed Aug 10 12:22:13 2005
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:21:47 -0400
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Mail-Followup-To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>, nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <17142.31631.632131.692777@roam.psg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 11:22:23AM -1000, Randy Bush wrote:
> >>>> Yes there is a major concern that the government has
> >>>> just ellminated every isp that is currently permitted
> >>>> to use another carriers dsl lines to provide
> >>>> service's.
> >>> will the ilec's start offering competitive services (not bw,
> >>> but non-dynamic ips or small blocks to end-users?)
> >> if their competition has been eliminated by fcc ruling, what
> >> does 'competitive' pricing mean?
> > that which is set by the gov't rulings? :)
>
> and, for this morning's pop quiz, what is the classic term for an
> economy of private ownership and government control?
"regulation", ISTM. Just like before the Big Bell Breakup. With govt-
sanctioned virtual monopolies. Hmmm. Relevance to MS case? Except w/o
any regulation, in that case.
--
Joe Yao
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