What's stopping the WISP from using the same government fiber to provide
service?
They've already got the advantage as they are established and have the
customers.
Cost to connect, MRC costs while you build to break even, loss of margin
and ARPU per customer.
But yes, they compete with private facility owners.
I'm sorry, could you be more specific? I don't know of a single market
with an privately owned open access >last mile dark fiber network.
Why does it have to be open? If I string up a bunch of fiber and connect a
bunch of homes and businesses, how fair is it for the county to use my
property tax revenue to do the same and put the hurt on me?
Is it unfair that they charge too little, too much or something else
entirely?
See previous answer.
They must be able to pull their own weight or it is a double crime.
Sorry, lost me there. Do you mean the public network must be profitable
or do you mean something else?
Yes, if they are not a profit center for the government, then it is truly
sad that tax dollars are wasted in hurting commerce.
I remember back in the 1960s, my dad getting "soil bank" payments for not
farming some of his fields. I think that muni and govt fiber systems
should
do the same thing for the WISPS they are hurting...
Why?
Why not. If the government wants to help commerce, it should help commerce.
If they can pay farmers for not farming, they should pay WISPS they injure.
If they wipe out service providers they should be forced to buy them out.
Just like imminent domain. You want my field for your highway, buy it.
Building a dam that wipes out my farm, buy it. There is an implied covenant
of good faith and fair dealing whenever the government does a deal. This is
part of contract law everywhere. The the government is one party, the
people are the other. It is not good faith or fair dealing to hurt the
people.
We don't pay buggy-and-whip tax on our cars either.
Actually you do, federal excise tax on tires...
Jared
