Chuck, Thanks for taking the time to reply.
> I am not wholly against muni fiber systems in concept. But harm to existing > service providers must be mitigated. A publicly funded fiber network is years in the making. It should not come as a surprise to any local business. WISPs are businesses and should adapt to the prevailing business environment. By the time the fiber network rolls out, you should have a fully paid of network yourself and be prepared to transition customers to the fiber network, if it makes sense. If you, as a WISP, are behind the curve by the time they light up the fiber network, then that is nobody's problem but yours. Also, what harm is there? Somebody drops a multimillion fiber network in your lap and says "have at it". All you have to do in return is pay the monthly rental fee for any customers you have on the network. How is that nothing but good fortune? > They must be allowed to connect for > free and be given some kind of pioneers preference such as no MRC marginal > costs for the first year or something like that. I'm not saying the fiber network owner shouldn't do their best to attract ISPs, but why should existing players get any preference compared to any other new entrant? Jared
