On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> > >> It is in fact important for a government (municipal, state/privince or >> federal) to stay at a last mile layer 2 service with no retail >> offering. Wholesale only. >> >> Not only is the last mile competitively neutral because it is not >> involved in retail, but it them invites competition by allowing many >> service providers to provide retail services over the last mile >> network.
As long as they support open peering they can probably operate at layer 3 without harm. Tough to pitch a muni on spending tax revenue for something that's not a complete product usable directly by the taxpayers. > It rings true to me, in general, and I would go that way... but there is > a sting in that tail: Can I reasonably expect that Road Runner will in fact > be technically equipped and inclined to meet me to get my residents as > subscribers? Especially if they're already built HFC in much to all of > my municipality? Not Road Runner, no. What you've done, if you've done it right, is returned being an ISP to an ease-of-entry business like it was back in the dialup days. That's where *small* business plays, offering customized services where small amounts of high-margin money can be had meeting needs that a high-volume commodity player can't handle. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
