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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:36:37 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Date: September 13, 2004 5:07:44 PM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Re: Public Fiber Tough to Swallow Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com [Note: This comment comes from reader Robert Berger. DLH]
From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger () ibd com> Date: September 13, 2004 1:33:30 PM PDT To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Subject: Re: [Dewayne-Net] Public Fiber Tough to SwallowWhy don't think tanks and corporations get upset that Municipalities own and operate roads, sewers and water supplies? Why is fiber any different thanthose?The main issue that should be focused on is that Municipalities should only do "Layer 1" the conduit, dark fiber, maybe wireless transport where fiber is not appropriate (i.e. rural). They should then offer open access at cost plus rates to anyone who wants to offer SERVICES over the fiber. Thus therecan be a free market of SERVICES and a publicly subsidized physicalTRANSPORT infrastructure that is for the public good and can not really be paid for by traditional corporate return on investment or short term profitgoals.Show me one infrastructure company that generated a return on investment (not just cash flow and debt maintenance) from said infrastructure that wassubsidized by being a regulated monopoly or having its infrastructure capital costs wiped out by bankruptcy. I do agree that Municipalities should not be offering services over the fiber, but it makes great sense for the municipality to own and operate TRANSPORT infrastructure.The key failure of US regulations is to enforce the seperation of TRANSPORTfrom SERVICE. On 9/13/04 10:34 AM, "Dewayne Hendricks" <dewayne () warpspeed com> wrote:[Note: If the cable and telcos feel threatened by the rollout of public fiber, then they're going to go absolutely nuts over the rapid growth in public wireless! DLH] Public Fiber Tough to Swallow By John Gartner Story location: <http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,64902,00.html>
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