Here are my thoughts What I think would be a good idea (both pro-competitive and reasonable) to all would be a capped competitive voucher system based on aggregate line count
So, say for a given region/study area 10,000 households To qualify for the voucher, you would have to deliver a minimum level of service (call it 4 Mb / 1 Mb) and fulfill certain statutory requirements like voice delivery, network neutrality / openness / etc... Cap the total funding for the area, and let everyone access the line pot based on actual market dynamics Everyone reports on Form 477, so the total number of lines is "figured out" If a CLEC/WISP comes in and figures out a better/faster/cheaper way of delivering the service (assuming it meets the statutory requirements), then they should get the subsidy and the ILEC loses out So, if the ILECs decide that they want to invest fiber everywhere and get all the customers back...good for them (but no guaranteed rate of return regulation, so they would have all the risks that normal businesses like us run into) -Charles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
