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I've seen this a few times -- municipality wants to offer high speed internet, or even just a local fiber network without ip transit, and the telcos start suing
by subway 14y ago
I've seen this a few times -- municipality wants to offer high speed internet, or even just a local fiber network without ip transit, and the telcos start suing.
It makes me curious what would happen if a private non-profit were formed to provide the the cable plant instead of the municipality. I know of a number of local DSL providers that provide ip transit over PPPoE and ATM DSL connections, so I can't help but think they would jump at the opportunity to offer services on such a network.
- wtallis 14y ago"It makes me curious what would happen if a private non-profit were formed to provide the the cable plant instead of the municipality." There would still be lawsuits, this time about how a non-profit is anti-competitive because they don't have the expense of trying to make a profit, so they undercut anyone who does try to make a profit.