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> That essentially strips away an advantage local retailers and manufacturers would otherwise have against big, national companies like Amazon. Indeed -- my ho
by zkms 10y ago
> That essentially strips away an advantage local retailers and manufacturers would otherwise have against big, national companies like Amazon.
Indeed -- my hope for "dig once" policies would be that they have an opposite effect on competition; namely, that national-scale incumbents (who can currently afford to throw a million dollars here or there to put in fibre of their own in a new region/market) can get effective competition from local ISPs (who don't have a comparable ability to throw cash around).
- jon-wood 10y agoIn the UK we've had laws requiring common access to telecoms infrastructure since at least the early 2000s, and its had exactly that effect. In almost any home you have a choice of a dozen or so providers, ranging from super cheap basic providers who'll give you a few megabits and a stingy data allowance right up to business specialists who can provide multiple redundant lines on different backbones with 4G backup, generally without any sort of installation being required because. We've also got a big cable provider who run their own lines and give pretty competitive pricing because of all the other options.