[86686] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Hallgren)
Mon Nov 14 14:48:44 2005
From: "Michael Hallgren" <m.hallgren@free.fr>
To: "'Sean Donelan'" <sean@donelan.com>,
"'Steven M. Bellovin'" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
Cc: "'Blaine Christian'" <blaine@blaines.net>,
"'Leo Bicknell'" <bicknell@ufp.org>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 20:48:07 +0100
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0511141130360.27855@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>
> > In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0511141103370.27792@clifden.donelan.com>,
> > Sean Donela n writes:
> > >
> > >On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Blaine Christian wrote:
> > >> We are talking about an infrastructure that does not lend itself
> > >> very well to market forces. In many places FFTH and/or
> DSL from a
> > >> single carrier are becoming the only options. I would
> not count a
> > >> 500ms satellite hop as an option <grin>.
> > >
> > >The cable industry claims 97% of the households passed in the US.
> > >Why don't you consider it an option?
> > >
> > Do they claim to pass 97% with two-way cable?
>
> The cable industry claims 91% of households passed with two-way cable.
>
>
Maybe in North America, yes. Are you sure?..
mh
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