[1st-mile-nm] NN Query

[John Osmon]

The point of the exercise is to be able to honestly say:
   "Who cares?"


On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 12:05:06PM -0700, John Brown wrote:
> 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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