Where did you think that condensation was going to get you in this conversation?
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest-IX http://www.midwest-ix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Masataka Ohta <mo...@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 20:24:08 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Spectrum (legacy TWC) Infrastructure - Contact Off List Mike Hammett wrote: > Except there are literally thousands of independent ISPs in the US, > many 10+ years old that aren't likely to be going anywhere and > they are moving to constructing their own wireline. Many ILECs enjoying regional monopoly should be 100+ years old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incumbent_local_exchange_carrier Various regional independents also held incumbent monopolies in their respective regions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_telephone_company By 1903 while the Bell system had 1,278,000 subscribers on 1,514 main exchanges, the independents, excluding non-profit rural cooperatives, claimed about 2 million subscribers on 6,150 exchanges.[1] The size ranged from small mom and pop companies run by a husband and wife team, to large independent companies, many of which should now be PON operators still enjoying regional monopoly. So? Masataka Ohta
