Re: [MLUG] ISPs

[Phillip Kelchen <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

That should probably happen as the Internet infrastructure is as much of a public utility as roads, water lines, and power lines. But as private companies currently have control and large profit margins to lose, expect a huge fight, as in Philadelphia with the WiFi.

 Phillip

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 11:31 -0600, Dave Lloyd wrote:
> 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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