----- 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. This, Jean-Francois, is the assertion I hear relatively frequently. 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? Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
