Did UTOPIA sell dark fiber? I thought they only did bitstream access. Jared
> Chuck McCown wrote: > > UTOPIA didn't exactly set the world on fire down here. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Travis Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 3:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CenturyLink installing these > > The dark fiber loop in my city (Idaho Falls, Idaho) works extremely well > for the entire city. There are many providers, even private companies, > that lease a dark fiber pair and pay the city a monthly rate. > > Travis > > > On 2/1/2017 3:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Chuck McCown wrote: > >> Who owns the dark fiber network? > >> Government - we all know how good they are at doing things like this. > > Others manage. See for example Stokab owned by the city of Stockholm in > > Sweden. > > > >> Private - so we create good old Ma Bell all over again? > > First, it does not have to be a single private company. > > > > Second, the owner being a private company need not be a problem. > > Non-discriminatory access to everybody, at set rates with prohibitions > > against cross-ownership and the offering of retail services. See examples > > from other industries with wholesale infrastructure providers and > > structural separation in the telecom industry. > > > > Third, there's a pretty big difference between recreating Ma Bell and > > creating a (regional) dark fiber company that does nothing else than rent > > dark fiber. > > > >> Existing carriers forced to open their networks? OK if you like the > >> Venezuela solution to things. > > My proposal does not require existing carriers to open up their > > networks. > > > >> New networks built by low bidder defense contractor? Great, replication > >> and tax bite too. > > Where did this come from? I said nothing about defense contractors or > > tax financing. > > > > > > Jared > > > >
