6 ms·
The main question is why US ISP market is often described as private monopoly, while in other countries there is significant market competition. Start and run s
by zajio1am 5y ago
The main question is why US ISP market is often described as private monopoly, while in other countries there is significant market competition. Start and run small wISP is easy, these can naturally grow to bigger ones, especially when there is no real competition.
> So if you're a local government and you want to attack this problem, what are your options?
First, do not obstruct. High easement prices for fiber installations, long bureaucratic procedures for building permits for fiber installation, forbidding of overhead fiber cables ...
Ensure that for new constructions there is passive infrastructure (e.g. microducts or dark fiber) that can be leased to ISPs on per-subscriber basis.
Encourage citizens to start a local co-op working as ISP.
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoWhat is a municipal government if not a “local co-op”?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- zajio1am 5y agoA local co-op is a fully private entity that has no power over non-members, while a municipality is a governmental structure with powers of local ordinances and taxation. On a more practical level, a local co-op ISP is a single-goal entity, whose participants are persons interested in that goal (getting good Internet connectivity). A municipality has many tasks, and municipal broadband would be just a small part of it.
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoShould we also then have a local road coop? What about a local water pipes and sewers coop? What about local school districts coop? Why are some single-goal entities the right decision, why are other decisions better solved by a multi-goal entity?