[IP] Re: Is competition likely in U.S. broadband?

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: David Mercer [radix42@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 3:39 PM
To: David Farber; rberger@ibd.com
Subject: Re: [IP] Is competition likely in U.S. broadband?

I think that Robert is 100% on the money about breaking the
urban/suburban fiber oligopolies being the only way out for US
broadband competition.  And since fiber, like coax (cable),
electricity, water and POTS is a natural monopoly, the regulators
would have to, a la france, japan and some other countries, mandate
resale at the wholesale level.  And not that retarded resale of dsl
access to the clecs that was higher than their retail price to
consumers.  Whatever twisted regulatory logic called that actual
competition was warped beyond belief.

For IP if you wish of course.

-David Mercer
Tucson, AZ



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