Spectrum (legacy TWC) Infrastructure - Contact Off List
Mike Hammett
nanog at ics-il.net
Mon Feb 6 02:36:00 UTC 2023
Where did you think that condensation was going to get you in this conversation?
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
Midwest-IX
http://www.midwest-ix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Masataka Ohta <mohta at necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>
To: nanog at nanog.org
Sent: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 20:24:08 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: Spectrum (legacy TWC) Infrastructure - Contact Off List
Mike Hammett wrote:
> Except there are literally thousands of independent ISPs in the US,
> many 10+ years old that aren't likely to be going anywhere and
> they are moving to constructing their own wireline.
Many ILECs enjoying regional monopoly should be 100+ years old:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent_local_exchange_carrier
Various regional independents also held incumbent monopolies
in their respective regions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_telephone_company
By 1903 while the Bell system had 1,278,000 subscribers on
1,514 main exchanges, the independents, excluding non-profit
rural cooperatives, claimed about 2 million subscribers on
6,150 exchanges.[1]
The size ranged from small mom and pop companies run by a
husband and wife team, to large independent companies,
many of which should now be PON operators still enjoying regional
monopoly.
So?
Masataka Ohta
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