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On Last mile in copper or fiber networks becomes easily a market failure due to large capital cost. In many European countries (Finland for example) the last m
by Nokinside 9y ago
On Last mile in copper or fiber networks becomes easily a market failure due to large capital cost.
In many European countries (Finland for example) the last mile is divided by law into two services cable providers and internet provider. It can be the same, but other ISP's can get into business by making deal with the customer and renting the network. There are regulations for the maximum price of the rent.
- chx 9y agoIsrael implemented this long ago. Check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Israel > Every ADSL or cable Internet user has to pay separately to the infrastructure provider and to the ISP, due to competition laws. When I was there in 2007, I needed to struggle with getting PPTP and L2TP going on Linux. It was quite interesting! Now of course that's done by routers and you have wifi.