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Article #233Re: FCC Broadband Proposal: too little, too late, too timid
From: Roy
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:41
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:41
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On 3/19/2010 12:03 PM, Bob wrote: > 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? > Amsterdam's FTTH. > "The second decision was to build an open-access, passive fiber plant > that would support multiple ISPs in competition. In practice this > translates to: > > * Unbundled dark fiber access lines which can be rented individually by > an ISP who wants to serve that particular customer > * ISPs can get access to APOPs to install their line cards and related > equipment, patch in their customer access line, and connect to their own > backhaul network" > <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/how-amsterdam-was-wired-for-open-access-fiber.ars/> > Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_rates_around_the_world Personal income tax in the Netherlands is 10% higher.
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