> On Oct 11, 2021, at 00:01 , Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/11/21 00:31, Geoff Huston wrote:
> 
>> In many environments, the words we use to describe this form of price 
>> setting are generally prefixed by the adjective “illegal” :-)
> 
> Indeed - colluding is generally frowned upon, in which case we are doomed to 
> the current model, and may the best man win.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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


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