But in the cases of small rural communities it¹s perfectly reasonable to just setup wifi to cover the town and backhaul a DS3 back to a more connected location. There¹s plenty of small wireless companies out there trying to serve these folks.
On 8/2/14, 3:15 PM, "Leo Bicknell" <bickn...@ufp.org> wrote: > >There are plenty of cities with zero ISP's interested in serving them >today, I can't argue >that point. However I believe the single largest reason why that is true >is that the ISP >today has to bear the capital cost of building out the physical plant to >serve the customers. >15-20 year ROI's don't work for small businesses or wall street. > >But if those cities were to build a municipal fiber network like we've >described, and pay >for it with 15-20 year municipal bonds the ISP's wouldn't have to bear >those costs. They >could come in drop one box in a central location and start offering >service. > >Which is why I said, if municipalities did this, I am very skeptical >there would be more than >a handful without a L3 operator. You can imagine a city of 50 people in >North Dakota >or the Northern Territories might have this issue because the long haul >cost to reach the >town is so high, but it's going to be a rare case. I firmly believe the >municipal fiber networks >presence would bring L3 operators to 90-95% of cities. > >On Aug 2, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Scott Helms <khe...@zcorum.com> wrote: > >> Happens all the time, which is why I asked Leo about that scenario. >>There are large swarths of the US and even more in Canada where that's >>the norm. >> >> On Aug 2, 2014 1:29 PM, "Owen DeLong" <o...@delong.com> wrote: >> Such a case is unlikely. >> >> On Aug 1, 2014, at 13:32, Scott Helms <khe...@zcorum.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> I can never see a case where letting them play at Layer 3 or above >>>helps. >>> That¹s bad news, stay away. But I think some well crafted L2 services >>> could actually _expand_ consumer choice. I mean running a dark fiber >>> GigE to supply voice only makes no sense, but a 10M channel on a GPON >>> serving a VoIP box mayŠ >>> >>> Even in those cases where there isn't a layer 3 operator nor a chance >>>for a viable resale of layer 1/2 services. >>> > > >-- > Leo Bicknell - bickn...@ufp.org - CCIE 3440 > PGP keys at http://www.ufp.org/~bicknell/ > > > > >