[Latest draft of Internet regulation bill]

Mon Nov 14 18:13:04 UTC 2005

On Nov 14, 2005, at 11:31 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:

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> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
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>> In message <Pine.GSO. 
>> 4.58.0511141103370.27792 at clifden.donelan.com>, Sean Donela
>> n writes:
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>>> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Blaine Christian wrote:
>>>> We are talking about an infrastructure that does not lend itself  
>>>> very
>>>> well to market forces.  In many places FFTH and/or DSL from a  
>>>> single
>>>> carrier are becoming the only options.  I would not count a 500ms
>>>> satellite hop as an option <grin>.
>>>
>>> The cable industry claims 97% of the households passed in the  
>>> US.  Why
>>> don't you consider it an option?
>>>
>> Do they claim to pass 97% with two-way cable?
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> The cable industry claims 91% of households passed with two-way cable.
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Let's change this just a bit.   How about FFTH/DSL OR Cable.  The  
point was that it is usually two options.  Oligopoly is nearly as bad  
as Monopoly you know <grin>.