[ale] Re-send: Opinions on Cable versus DSL

[rob hoppe]

Leonard Thornton wrote:

> aaron wrote:
> >
> > I chose EarthLink/Mindspring last year; I didn't want to just buy into
> > the Bell monopoly and Mindspring had, at least at one time, been good to
> > deal with for alternative platforms.
> >
>
> Regardless of who you choose, you are still buying into the Bell / cable
> provider monopoly.  They own the last mile of cable and therefore,
> everyone just leases bandwidth from them.  The downside to this is that
> they will service their own accounts first before servicing any of the
> "competitors".  The FCC just issued rulings on this with regard to CLECs
> and co-location of equipment in Bell CO's as well as service levels Bell
> / incombents were providing.
>
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> Leonard Thornton
> Intelis, Inc
> leonard at intelis-inc.net
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Bell doesn't own the last cable mile but they own the last wire (phone pair) to your
house.  Wireless can get around that.  The cable companies want to run phone on
their cable for the last mile reason!

Rob


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