I must say I am not a fan of “National Policy” on anything. Regulations preventing new service from launching need to be removed, but I am a radical enough person to be in favor of privatizing the highways, too, so take that as you will. One idea I have heard is a small community (town, subdivision, apartment building, whatever) wiring itself with fiber, and then allow providers to lease access on the network, kind of like the phone system. One wire, but you can switch long distance providers at will. "National Policy" worries me, though. If a town or apartment screws up a service like that, people will leave or demand something different. On a national level bad decisions will be set in stone, and with so much money at stake the big players will do everything to twist the Policy to their advantage, screwing the customer.
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I am stealing that quote. It's awesome.
National Policy might be a bad idea
I must say I am not a fan of “National Policy” on anything. Regulations preventing new service from launching need to be removed, but I am a radical enough person to be in favor of privatizing the highways, too, so take that as you will. One idea I have heard is a small community (town, subdivision, apartment building, whatever) wiring itself with fiber, and then allow providers to lease access on the network, kind of like the phone system. One wire, but you can switch long distance providers at will. "National Policy" worries me, though. If a town or apartment screws up a service like that, people will leave or demand something different. On a national level bad decisions will be set in stone, and with so much money at stake the big players will do everything to twist the Policy to their advantage, screwing the customer.
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Hate to be picky, but it should be you're