On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 2:15 AM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eugeniu Patrascu" <eu...@imacandi.net> > > > In my neck of the woods, the city hall decided that no more fiber cables > > running all over the poles in the city and somehow combined with some EU > > regulations that communication links need to be buried, they created a > > project whereby a 3rd party company would dig the whole city, put in some > > tubes in which microfibres would be installed by ISPs that reach every > > street number and ISP would pay per the kilometer from point A to point B > > (where point A was either a PoP or ISP HQ or whatever; point B is the > > customer). > > > > To be clear, this is single-mode dark fiber so the ISPs can run it at > > whatever speeds they like between two points. > > > > The only drawback is that the 3rd party company has a monopoly on the > > prices for the leasing of the tubes, but from my understanding this is > > kept under control by regulation. > > This one is a bad idea cause you have lots of people pushing fiber through > pipes with active fiber in them... and their incentives not to screw up > other people's glass are... unclear? :-) > Not really, if one company starts making mistakes, the other will also mistake their cables. It's like a working mexican standoff :) > > Oh, wait: the conduit installer isn't a contractor, they're a monopoly? > > The people pushing fiber through the conduits are contractors. There are a handful of companies licensed to operate this. > No, that's even worse. It's not perfect, but it works.