Re: How far must muni fiber operators protect ISP competition?

[Scott Helms <khelms () zcorum com>]

On the video side or the total data project?  Both?


On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Owen DeLong" <owen () delong com>
>
> > Actually, as I understood what was proposed, you would bring Cable Coop
> > and/or other such vendors into the colo space adjacent to the MMR and
> > let them sell directly to the other service providers and/or
> > customers.
>
> I am of two minds at this point, on this topic.
>
> The goal of this project, lying just atop improving the city's position in
> the world, is to do so by making practical competition between service
> providers, to keep prices as low as possible.
>
> when I delve into the realm of things like this, some people could make
> a relatively defensible argument that I am disadvantaging ISPs who are
> smart enough to know about this sort of service on their own, by helping
> out those who are not.
>
> I'm not sure if that argument outweighs the opposing one, which is that
> I should be *trying* to advantage those smaller, less savvy operators, as
> they're the sort I want as providers.
>
> I think this particular point is one of opinion; I solicit such.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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