On 3/21/2012 1:56 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
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From: "William Herrin"<bill@her
The hinky part is that the FCC decided that copper pairs are an
unbundled element but PONS wavelengths and Coaxial cable frequency
channels are not. So, Verizon doesn't have to share access to FIOS and
Comcast doesn't have to share access to the coax.
So why is it, then, that Vision Cable-Bright House-Advance/Newhouse Cable
Partnership (which is what the payroll checks have said since about 1979)
*is* required to provide competitive cablemodem access on their HFC plant?
(I can get RoadRunner, their own brand, or Earthlink, or the local provider
Internet Junction...)
Cheers,
-- jra
That's probably a local requirement. It's not a Federal requirement.
Though, some cable companies do provide wholesale services even when not
required.
Look at ATT and others trying to get state-wide franchise agreements.
They are trying to avoid having smaller areas tell them what to do, if
they want to serve an area.
--John
