[ale] [OT] AT&T DSL vs RoadRunner cable broadband

[Jim Lynch]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> BS has a wonderful habit of installing a type of equipment that no one
> can connect to. At least that's what the claim is. There are certain
> types of systems they are not required to allow third-party hookup to
> so that is what they deploy by default.
>
> The only _REAL_ solution to this nightmare is to legislate a permanent
> split between hardware provisioning and service provided over that
> hardware. When "Fred's Pole Service" doesn't deliver working
> wires/fiber/coax to a neighborhood, the data services can petition to
> have the contract revoked and a new last-mile provider can bid. This
> may need to be a local city/county servicing process or a neighborhood
> contracting process (think condo association here).
>   
Be real careful with that solution.  Just remember what happened to our 
natural gas prices when something like that happened here.  I'm still 
waiting for the projected costs to come down because of the increased 
competition.  For those of you outside of Georgia, the state deregulated 
gas, the result of which was the largest natural gas price increase in 
history.

Jim.