----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Sprunk" <[email protected]>
> > By having the city run L2 over our L1, we can accomplish that; > > unlike L3, I don't believe it actually needs to be a separate > > company; I expect most ISP business to be at L2; L1 is mostly an > > accomodation to potential larger ISPs who want to do it all > > themselves. > > > > Or FiOS. :-) > > We have a philosophical disagreement here. I fully support public > ownership of public ownership of "natural" monopolies, and the fiber > plant itself (L1) certainly qualifies. > > However, running L2 (or L3) over that fiber is _not_ a natural monopoly, > so I do _not_ support public ownership. At most, I could stomach a > "provider of last resort" to guarantee resident access to useful > services, in the IMHO unlikely event that only one (or zero) private > players showed up, or a compelling need to provide some residents (eg. > the elderly or indigent, schools, other public agencies, etc.) with > below-cost services. I dunno; I tend to buy the arguments that there is a difference; as long as the L2 access is itself sold to comers at cost, including the internal accounting between the fiber and L2 sides of the house. I don't even plan to offer quantity discounts. :-) > >> (Note that inside wiring is a completely separate issue, and > >> carriers _will_ have to train techs on how to do that since few are > >> familiar with fiber, but that is an optional service they can > >> charge extra for. The L1 provider's responsibility ends at the NIU > >> on an outside wall, same as an ILEC's, so it's not their problem in > >> the first place.) > > > The L2 might end there, too, if I decide on outside ONTs, rather > > than an optical jackblock inside. > > I think the ILECs got this part right: provide a passive NIU on the > outside wall, which forms a natural demarc that the fiber owner can test > to. If an L2 operator has active equipment, put it inside--and it would > be part of the customer-purchased (or -leased) equipment when they turn > up service. Yes, but that means the ISP has to drill holes in walls *and push fiber jumpers through them*; I'm not at all happy with that idea. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] 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
