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This is the norm in other industrialized nations. It's called local loop unbundling [0], and comes in several different forms. In some countries the local telco
by necubi 12y ago
This is the norm in other industrialized nations. It's called local loop unbundling [0], and comes in several different forms. In some countries the local telco monopoly is prohibited from selling to end customers and must lease their last mile cables to other companies at regulated rates. In others they must just provide access to the cables.
There's a lot of evidence that mandatory LLU reduces prices and increases speeds.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Loop_Unbundling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Loop_Unbundling
- mseebach 12y agoIt's not a dream either. There are still plenty of places in central London you can't get decent broadband, never mind the countryside. It's also relevant to note the background for LLU: the cables were almost all installed by a government owned telco, so there's a clear argument for the infrastructure being owned by the taxpayer. LLU came into existence as government telcos were privatised in the 90s to avoid creating a private monopoly.