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You said recently that the UK model (regulated last-mile monopoly) works well.[1] Is there a reason it wouldn't work well in the US? 5G fixed wireless is just

• rayiner 10y ago
  > You said recently that the UK model (regulated last-mile monopoly) works well.[1] Is there a reason it wouldn't work well in the US? Two reasons. First, BT Openrearch was originally a government-owned monopoly that was later privatized under specific terms. U.S. networks, in contrast, were built almost entirely with private money in the first instance. Second, the U.K. policy was designed and implemented by smart regulators at a national level, who did a lot of theoretical work on balancing the need to ensure adequate investment with the need to protect consumers. U.S. policy, in contrast, split up between the FCC and state/local regulators. The latter are the same folks responsible for our roads, subways, and other infrastructure being worse than those in comparable European countries.