Re: [WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell

2010-02-17 Thread John Thomas
Wouldn't it be great if there was something resembling consistent policies regarding facilities? Years ago, there was the suggestion that phone companies should be broken into 2 pieces, facilities and services. The facilities unit could sell access to the copper/fiber/cable to *any* buyer. You

[WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell

2010-02-16 Thread Scottie Arnett
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/regulators-may-drop-broadband-line-sharing-bombshell.ars?utm_source=rssutm_medium=rssutm_campaign=rss Could be good? Scottie Wireless High Speed Broadband service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $30.00/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com/wireless.html

Re: [WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell

2010-02-16 Thread RickG
Could be good unless you are in the fiber business. I saw another interesting article on your link: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/02/fcc-wants-260-million-people-on-100mbps-broadband-by-2020.ars On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Scottie Arnett sarn...@info-ed.com wrote:

Re: [WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell

2010-02-16 Thread Matt Liotta
I don't think this is good. The last time it was tried we got a bunch of unsustainable business models along with increasing gamesmanship from the ILECs. Besides, the RBOCs are looking for reasons to shutdown their wireline operations anyway. This will only speed that up. I think we need

Re: [WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell

2010-02-16 Thread Richey
: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:39 PM To: sarn...@info-ed.com; WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell I don't think this is good. The last time it was tried we got a bunch of unsustainable business models along with increasing gamesmanship from

Re: [WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell

2010-02-16 Thread David Hulsebus
Not sure it would be good, maybe. It made me think of a post last year where the president of a cable company discussed providing middle mile to their competitors. I paraphrase We know who is growing, and who is not; we know what and where their need is, and when we want to we can cut them

Re: [WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell

2010-02-16 Thread Paul Gerstenberger
Our direct competitor is buying from us. Fiber, build it and they will come. -Paul David Hulsebus wrote: Not sure it would be good, maybe. It made me think of a post last year where the president of a cable company discussed providing middle mile to their competitors. I paraphrase We

Re: [WISPA] Regulators may drop broadband line-sharing bombshell

2010-02-16 Thread Chuck Bartosch
I actually have a tape of that statement from the Cable Show in Washington last spring where it was being recommended as sound strategy to cable companies. Chuck On Feb 16, 2010, at 5:07 PM, David Hulsebus wrote: Not sure it would be good, maybe. It made me think of a post last year where