> I think that superior broadband is maybe more likely to be developed if > other companies had access to copper. First, it levels the playing field, so > the easiest way to compete is to drop prices. More people can afford access.
Yes, short term gain. > Then two things happen: one, the next best way to compete is to provide > superior services. So eventually telcos are forced to lay fibre. Two, > greater demand for copper overloads system. Demand for higher quality > service increases, increasing telco's incentive to pay out for laying fibre. But copper infrastructure is either still controlled by telecom or its in a transpower-like setup with little economic push to upgrade it (with problems like existing power grid). Who is going to lay the new cable? And can you offer enough service improvement to pay for the infrastructure? The non-telecom development is bringing true broadband to customers who can get it from telecom. I think these are more likely to be simply marginalised if you get to most of the customer base on telecom copper. > An example of this is broadband internet. I have this at home, but it > only became cheap enough for me to do this when telcos started to > compete. Now, I would shun my 52k modem like the plague. As more people like > me pick up the 128k broadband options, and taste the joys of higher speed > internet, more people will start to want the 256k options, and then the 512k > options. 128k is hardly broadband. I think the faster options want a new infrastructure. > Samuel > > > > > >I am not so convinced about this. If other companies had access to > copper > >would any other (superior) broadband infrastructure be developed? I > wonder > >at whether this might be long term gain for short term pain. > > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic ---------------------------------------------------------- Phil Scadden, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences 764 Cumberland St, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Zealand Ph +64 3 4799663, fax +64 3 477 5232 _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
