I think that superior broadband is maybe more likely to be developed if other companies had access to copper. First, it levels the playing field, so the easiest way to compete is to drop prices. More people can afford access. Then two things happen: one, the next best way to compete is to provide superior services. So eventually telcos are forced to lay fibre. Two, greater demand for copper overloads system. Demand for higher quality service increases, increasing telco's incentive to pay out for laying fibre.
An example of this is broadband internet. I have this at home, but it only became cheap enough for me to do this when telcos started to compete. Now, I would shun my 52k modem like the plague. As more people like me pick up the 128k broadband options, and taste the joys of higher speed internet, more people will start to want the 256k options, and then the 512k options. Samuel >I am not so convinced about this. If other companies had access to copper >would any other (superior) broadband infrastructure be developed? I wonder >at whether this might be long term gain for short term pain. _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
