The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers - the professional body for electrical engineers, and the standards body for ethernet) released a policy statement, about 2 weeks ago, that includes some pretty strong statements, including:
"Policy makers must ensure that Ethernet networks over fiber infrastructures capable of gigabit speeds complemented by broadband wireless technologies be fully considered and fairly evaluated for a prominent role in accelerating advanced broadband deployment in the U.S."
The statement goes on to talk about economic conditions, impacts on existing carriers, recommendations re. government policy, etc. - with particular attention to the dangers of monopoly abuse by incumbents, and approaches to avoiding such abuse.
The full statement is on-line at http://www.ieeeusa.org/FORUM/POSITIONS/broadband.html
--- The chair of the group that drafted the policy statement was Alan McAdams, a professor of economics at Cornell, who, at one time was he Senior Staff Economist to the President's Council of Economic Advisors (under Nixon). The group included a pretty good cross section of technical and management talent from the telecom. industry, plus a few policy wonks.
Some additional remarks from McAdams are on-line at http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Feb03/McAdams.AFN.ws.html
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