----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brandon Ross" <br...@pobox.com>
> > 6) And pursuant to 3, perhaps I could even set up the IPTV service and > > resell that to the L3 provider to bundle with their IP service, so > > they don't have to do it themselves; while it's not a difficult as I > > had gathered, it's still harder than them doing VoIP as part of > > their own triple-play. > > So you are going to prohibit the operator of the fiber plant from > running layer 3 services, but then turn around and let them offer IPTV? That > seems quite inconsistent to me. And just because it's "hard"? No; I wouldn't offer it retail; I'd offer it to all provider-comers wholesale, at cost plus, just like everything else. > Running a decent layer 3 service is "hard" too. Isn't the whole point to > let these service providers compete with each other on the quality and > cost of their services? You could say the same thing about the uplink, though; I note you didn't throw a flag at that, or at Akamai; is the IPTV issue different to you? Fair point. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274