http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/02/08/contra-on-net-neutrality/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/02/08/contra-on-net-neutrality/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 Branedy Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:57:28 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/02/08/contra-on-net-neutrality/#comment-1061 I'm betting that if the telco's get really stinky about their product, competition will spring up in the form of community grid networks. Their customers will work around the blockage just like a router outage. Thus making the 'last mile' owner irrelevant. The 802.16 comes to mind, tied to 802.11x access points. Costs are minimal and like here in Ireland, Irish broadband has skipped around the incumbent Eircom, and gone wireless direct to the customer. I’m betting that if the telco’s get really stinky about their product, competition will spring up in the form of community grid networks. Their customers will work around the blockage just like a router outage. Thus making the ‘last mile’ owner irrelevant. The 802.16 comes to mind, tied to 802.11x access points. Costs are minimal and like here in Ireland, Irish broadband has skipped around the incumbent Eircom, and gone wireless direct to the customer.

]]> http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/02/08/contra-on-net-neutrality/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 john Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:17:34 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2006/02/08/contra-on-net-neutrality/#comment-1060 It depends where you are man; in the UK where I believe Martin is (and myself), the marketplace is competitive largely due to Ofcom's good implementation of the European Commission's Telecomm Package, particularly its extensive market reviews. If you compare this to, for example, Germany where, I believe there is the lowest level of competition in the marketplace in Europe. This is why they are trying to pressure their Govt to forbear regulating their next-generation network so they can close out all their competitors and perhaps do exactly what Verizon/AT&T etc in America have been threatening to do recently. BT's new network, conversely, is the subject of enormous scrutiny for Ofcom and other industry reps (they are ploughing £8b afaik into it, unlike DT's €3bn!) and the possibility for an entire regulatory holiday are slim to none. It depends where you are man; in the UK where I believe Martin is (and myself), the marketplace is competitive largely due to Ofcom’s good implementation of the European Commission’s Telecomm Package, particularly its extensive market reviews. If you compare this to, for example, Germany where, I believe there is the lowest level of competition in the marketplace in Europe. This is why they are trying to pressure their Govt to forbear regulating their next-generation network so they can close out all their competitors and perhaps do exactly what Verizon/AT&T etc in America have been threatening to do recently. BT’s new network, conversely, is the subject of enormous scrutiny for Ofcom and other industry reps (they are ploughing £8b afaik into it, unlike DT’s €3bn!) and the possibility for an entire regulatory holiday are slim to none.

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