[1st-mile-nm] IEEE: 5G is in Danger of Being Oversold

[Steve Ross]

I have been noting it. Preached it in my Hawk column in the nov/dec issue.
But it will happen because carriers will make more money.

Carriers are already doing this. The national carriers sold their big
towers several years ago. They may own the antennas themselves but even
that is changing outside of cities.

In cities the need will eventually be evident as well, so SDA can allocate
as needed.

This also makes Wall Street happier.  Spreads the cost and widens the
business case possibilities for what will eventually be 25 million
microcells.

Steve Ross

On Mar 1, 2018 12:37 PM, "John Osmon" <josmon at rigozsaurus.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 11:24:47AM -0500, Steve Ross wrote:
> > [...] That means sharing the fiber backhaul as well. So
> > national carriers should devolve into small regional carriers having
> > monopolies on the access but not on the content. That's the worldwide
> ideal.
>
> Preach it brother!  An imperfect mapping to the OSI layers gives us:
>    Access == network layer 2  (Access)
>   Content == network layer 3  (Internet)
>
> The combination of Access/Internet in a single entity gives rise to the
> stanglehold that most want to fix with Network Neutrality.
>
> Access providers have the means to provide connectivity between
> customers and Internet providers.  The choose to use the two layers
> in a monopolistic fashion.
>
> In New Mexico, Qwest and Windstream DSL services used to have a clear
> demarcation between Access (DSL) and Content (which ISP you used).
> During this time, there was a lot of competition in the ISP market -- if
> you wanted to change, you'd call the DSL provider, and have them switch
> your access link to another ISP.
>
> Creating environments that encourage the separation of the two services
> will promote competition.  But how do you explain this to the common
> man?  They just want their Internet to work...
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