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From: ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org [ietf-bounces(_at_)ietf(_dot_)org] On
Behalf Of Ofer Inbar [cos(_at_)aaaaa(_dot_)org]
P.S. My neighborhood is about as far from being a tech backwater as
it is possible to be in the world. Yet I still have only one viable
option for high speed Internet. It's a business & law problem, not
a technology problem.
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It's a traditional monopoly problem. Market-based mechanisms don't work if
there isn't vigorous competition. The traditional solution is "common carrier"
regulation of "natural monopolies".
At the least, we need to define data carriage as a "common carrier" business,
where the carrier must provide service on a non-discriminatory basis at
published rates.
(Whatever happened to the dream of multiple WiMax providers?)
Dale
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