Sorry Owen, but I live in Illinois. Government corruption is a way of life here.
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:33 AM, Jason Baugher <ja...@thebaughers.com> wrote: > > > There is much talk of how many fibers can fit in a duct, can be brought > > into a colo space, etc... I haven't seen much mention of how much space > the > > termination in the colo would take, such as splice trays, bulkheads, > etc... > > Someone earlier mentioned being able to have millions of fibers coming > > through a vault, which is true assuming they are just passing through the > > vault. When you need to break into one of those 864-fiber cables, the > room > > for splice cases suddenly becomes a problem. > > > > The other thing I find interesting about this entire thread is the > > assumption by most that a government entity would do a good job as a > > layer-1 or -2 provider and would be more efficient than a private > company. > > Governments, including municipalities, are notorious for corruption, > fraud, > > waste - you name it. Even when government bids out projects to the > private > > sector these problems are seen. > > I now this is a popular refrain, but in reality, it's not all that > accurate. > > I have no problem with allowing L1/L2 to be done by private enterprise, so > long as said private enterprises are required to abide by the following > rules: > > 1. They are not allowed to sell L3+ services. > 2. They are not allowed to own any portion of any L3+ service > provider. > 3. They must sell their L1/L2 services to any L3+ service provider on > equal terms. > > Owen > >
