On 15/12/10 9:29 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
The underlying problem, of course, is lack of usable last-mile competition;
I agree.
see also my running rant about Verizon-inspired state laws *forbidding* municipalities to charter monopoly transport-only fiber providers, renting to all comers on non-discriminatory terms, which is the only practical way I can see to fix any of this.
The problem is that this should have been addressed 5-10 years ago, when there *were* alternative ISPs who could have provided competition. Now that Comcast has a monopoly on cable, and fiber is so bleeping expensive to install, at best we might get *one* alternative to Comcast, and a duopoly is really no better (for consumers, for the marketplace) than a monopoly.
jc
