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> no regulator is going to compel an ISP to peer with all networks at all peering points. Then we need new--and more stringent--regulation.
by jackmaney 12y ago
> no regulator is going to compel an ISP to peer with all networks at all peering points.
Then we need new--and more stringent--regulation.
- toast0 12y agoYou can't really regulate an impossible solution though. Unbundling has a clear model that works (or is at least workable), look at the US between 1996 and 2004, or most of Europe now.
- rayiner 12y agoGrowth in internet speeds was way faster from 2004-present than from 1996 to 2004. In 1996, my parents had 28.8 kbps dial-up. In 2001, they got 256 kbps DSL. That's 10x over 5 years. In 2006, they got 50 mbps fiber. That's 200x over 5 years. See: http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa/public/sep11/cloonan_01a_0911.pdf http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa/public/sep11/cloonan_01a....