[1st-mile-nm] NN Query

[John Brown]

So who would be the "last mile" (er first-mile) provider(s) ??



On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 11:59 AM, John Osmon <josmon at rigozsaurus.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 10:09:18AM -0700, Richard Lowenberg wrote:
>> Given the amount of 'noise' as well as informative info., for those
>> who can parse it, I'm personally pleased that we've not had a major
>> Network Neutrality back-and-forth on this list.
>
> Right now, the regulatory framework pushes last-mile providers into a
> situation where they maximize their profits when they deny ISP
> competition.  Network Neutrality (as it is currently thought of) does
> nothing to help this situation.
>
> If we really want to see ISP competition, we need to set the base
> regulations so that they make such competition ideal for last-mile
> providers.
>
> Perhaps we should be pursuing regulation that prohibits last-mile
> provider from being ISPs.  We could preclude companies that use the
> public rights of way from being ISPs -- they could only connect
> end-consumers to ISPs.
>
> In such an environment, the people using public resources would maximize
> their profit when they offered paths to multiple ISPs, and the ISPs
> could follow whatever fast/slow lanes they wanted -- but consumers would
> have a choice in a marketplace that stood a chance of having actual
> competition.
>
> I see this as one simple law that pushes industry in the direction we
> want.  The alternative is nothing, or a tapestry of laws that puts the
> burden on consumers to keep providers in check.
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