On Mar 25, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Leo Bicknell" <bickn...@ufp.org> > >> Having looked around the world I personally believe most communities >> would be best served if the government provided layer-1 distribution, >> possibly with some layer 2 switching, but then allowed any commercial >> entity to come in and offer layer 3 services. For simplicity of >> argument I like people to envision the local government fiber agency >> (like your water authority) dropping off a 1 port fiber 4 port >> copper switch in your basement. On that device they can create a >> layer 2 VLAN/VPN/Tunnel from any of the copper ports to any provider >> in the town CO. You could buy video from one, voice from one, and >> internet from another, on three different ports. You could buy >> everything from one provider. > > +5 > > Cheers, > -- jra
+more Owen
