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Article #208Re: FCC Broadband Proposal: too little, too late, too timid
From: Bob
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:13
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:13
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On 18/03/2010 15:53, AES wrote: > In article<bPidncrTJ7axezzWnZ2dnUVZ8uadnZ2d@bt.com>, > Bob<bob@invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> >> While this is probably common in the US I don't believe it would be >> allowed in countries who wish to push forward broadband expansion and >> capability. If a company is prepared to "light the fibre" they should be >> allowed to do so for a "reasonable" fee payable to the owner of the fibre. > > There are two sides to this problem: Situations where companies (or > other organizations) own dark fiber but aren't willing to lease it, but > also situations where dark fiber is available for lease but prospective > users aren't willing to lease, even for backhaul purposes. > > We have a neighborhood where AT&T could install Uverse with some local > trenching, then lease currently dark fiber owned by a municipal system > to complete the connection to their central facility several miles away. > > Sorry, says AT&T -- we won't go into any situation where we don't _own_ > the entire fiber setup, all the way from the customer to our central > facility. > > Hmmm -- wonder why that's their policy? "III. Even if the Checklist Permitted the Commission To Require Access to Dark Fiber or Line Sharing, It Would Not Be in the Public Interest To Do So. AT&T also explained in its initial comments that, even if the Commission could read the competitive checklist to require access to dark fiber or line sharing, it should not do so. Mandatory unbundling provides a powerful disincentive for competitive LECs to invest in and deploy their own facilities, thereby undermining the goal of the Act to �encourage the innovation and investment that come from facilities-based competition.� <http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7020396197>
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