Muni broadband sucks (was: New minimum speed for US broadband connections)

Wed Jun 2 20:46:16 UTC 2021

On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 4:11 PM Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:

> The government entities that I've known of building middle or last-mile
> fiber infrastructure have reported that none of the incumbent operators
> wanted anything to do with it. Not during planning, construction,
> post-construction, etc.
>
>
If your whole model is monopoly services (att/verizon/cabletown) why would
you bother entering a service area where you might have competition? (and
an operational model which is radically different from your other
properties)

I don't think it's necessary for the 'incumbent telco' (or cabletown) to
need/want to participate with the municipal dark-fiber-equivalent
deployments, is it?
All that's needed is a couple (one to start) local 'isp' that can service
what is effectively a light-duty L1 and ethernet plant, and customer
service(s).
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