Re: [MLUG] ISPs

[Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Nathan Odle wrote:

> Normally I'm all for privatization, but this is one place where I wonder if
> the city shouldn't own the physical plant, like they do with the water and
> electric utilities.  In this way, you could maintain a competitive situation
> but avoid the "why should I allow competitors access to my lines" argument. 
> Also related to this argument is the fact that the City of Columbia owns a
> beautiful fiber loop that nobody can use but them and the university due to
> that bullshit CenturyTel lawsuit...

Oddly, nobody's suing to have the roads under their ownership, nor the
public schools.  I think it's time that we start treating net access as
a public good, not unlike roads.  The catch?  No commercial services run
on the public 'net.   That would then mean three different physical
plants that Columbia would have, the city only owning one.  That sounds
like more than enough competition to me.

--dlloyd

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