> On Oct 11, 2021, at 00:01 , Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:
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> On 10/11/21 00:31, Geoff Huston wrote:
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>> In many environments, the words we use to describe this form of price
>> setting are generally prefixed by the adjective “illegal” :-)
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> Indeed - colluding is generally frowned upon, in which case we are doomed to
> the current model, and may the best man win.
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> Ultimately, many ISP's and telco's will die. Consolidation will occur, but
> the "big operator" will no longer be as fat as they used to be. Focus on
> hauling bits around with no frills will be a good model, especially if you
> can keep the team lean. The chances of having large monopolies that do okay
> but stifle the market, being chased by struggling ISP's that favour passion +
> frills, is what is likely to happen, over the next decade or two.
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> Mark.
Ideally, a regulatory framework which prohibits vertical integration and thus
prevents the natural monopoly of last mile physical
infrastructure from being leveraged into a monopoly on higher-layer services
would significantly improve the current situation,
making room for a strong competing market with low barrier to entry for
services while the last mile infrastructure was managed
by a regulated utility or the run by the local municipality.
Owen
