Ken Hohhof wrote: > One issue is cherry picking, if a fiber deployment will only serve the > easiest or most lucrative customers, > that tells existing providers they should switch to differential pricing > where the less desirable customers > have to pay more. Or just shut down when the fiber project comes to > fruition, and those people have nothing. A private fiber deployment will cherry pick, unless forced to do otherwise. A public fiber deployment will not (usually).
However, if we are talking about what happens to the people outside the fiber network coverage area, that is of course a valid concern. Political boundaries are a fact of life, and often being on the wrong side of an imaginary border will leave you with no service. I really don't have a catch-all solution. Sometimes there is fallout, even if some people are better off after a fiber network has been built. Sometimes it goes the other way. Rural areas get a shiny new fiber network, but more urban areas are left without, because there are existing providers there and funding conditions prohibit entering those areas. > It's also the feeling I get when people take a fantastic promo price from a > big competitor, saying they will > come to me when the promo ends. Why should you expect to do that? The other > customers are paying my costs > during that time, why should you get to waltz in at a later date and enjoy > the benefits? I don't know about you, but I'll take any customer's money if they'll meet my asking price :) Not that I'm going to stick around waiting for them if it becomes unprofitable to do so. Jared
