I'll certainly agree that it's not sustainable. There's plenty of opportunity for people to run FTTH in subdivisions and backhaul with wireless.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 12/23/2010 1:04 PM, MDK wrote: > If you're trying to align it (analogy) with ILEC's, I agree, the monopoly > should never have been created. > > However, if we just focus on the present, and ignore history - and history > is ignored because it's mostly irrelevant - this is the situation and how it > will be viewed. Unlike Jeromie's characterization, someone really DOES > "own" it and it's not the taxpayer, it's a private entity. How they got > it, no longer matters to the entity, it's how it affects them in the present > and future that matters. Unbundling amounts to being required to maintain > and innovate at your expense, for the benefit of your competitors. > > The business concept doesn't make sense, and it never will, ergo, it is not > sustainable. > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Mike Hammett"<wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 6:05 AM > To: "WISPA General List"<wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Flexible rules promised for wireless > >> To align it more closely with the telecom world, consider the >> following. The city gave you an exclusive license to operate a grocery >> for 100 years, but you refused to accept credit cards, had manual doors, >> and rang up all prices by looking them up in a book. >> >> Since you were protected from new grocery stores, they forced you to >> allow a competitive store in your building, which accepted credit cards, >> had automatic doors, and had an electronic back end. >> >> Same thing other than the cost to lay new cables is almost >> insurmountable as opposed to just putting up another building. >> >> The key here is that you were protected from competition for 100 years. >> You shouldn't be allowed to build your empire under protection, then >> take advantage of said situation. You should have never had that >> protection. >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> On 12/21/2010 4:30 PM, MDK wrote: >>> Jeromie, my socialist (or was that anarchist, I can't ever remember) >>> friend, >>> how are ya? I was thinking about making a run to a wrecking yard up >>> that >>> way and stopping by to see how things were going. >>> >>> Anyway, each time I read this "solution" it reminds me why it won't work. >>> >>> Let's say I move to Cove. Buy the biggest building in town, and put in >>> a >>> grocery store. Along come the grocery neutrality advocates and require >>> that I set aside space in my store for all the people who want to compete >>> in >>> the grocery market. If I knew that was going to happen, why would I be >>> so >>> brain dead stupid as to invest all my money in the first place? And if >>> it >>> happened after the fact, why would I continue to maintain the building >>> and >>> keep it open, for the benefit of others? >>> >>> YOU see this as an opportunity to capitalize on monopoly created >>> investment, >>> and getting your share of it. >>> >>> I look at it and notice that the business model it creates is insanity, >>> and >>> no effort will EVER be taken to be market oriented and innovative. >>> >>> YOu're just trading one set of problems for a future set of intractables, >>> with EVERYONE invested into a system that's broken beyond hope. >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy >>> 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> >>>> Right there you prove what many want. The last mile should not be held >>>> by someone with stakes in what drives OVER that road. >>>> Lets make the last mile open to all ISPs who want to build out to the >>>> CO. 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