>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Barnes <[email protected]> writes:
Michael> I was just looking at who advertised service in the area. You Michael> will typically only find one provider per medium in a given Michael> area. As a rule, you will find one telephone system (DSL), Michael> possibly one cable TV system, and in some areas one fiber optic Michael> system. These may be under one or more companies. So, Michael> CenturyLink may be the telephone carrier and XFinity may be the Michael> cable provider. And, in the same area, it is possible to have Michael> Frontier providing fiber service. If Frontier is the Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC), which means they own the old twisted pair copper telephone wires, then they will own the fiber there too. I know of no cases where Verizon/Frontier deployed fiber anywhere but within their ILEC service territory, at least for residential service. If I am wrong, I would love to get the details. There are also Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC), like Integra. They are able to lease the old copper and switching office space from the phone company at non-discriminatory rates to provide service to customers. There used to be Covad as well, no idea what happened to them. Business service is somewhat more competitive, but also quite expensive and spotty. It used to cost a few kilo-dollars per month to get "metro ethernet" to a business, and it only happened where a service provider was already nearby, and they could justify the expense to drag the fiber to your building from their nearest fiber run. In Portland, the franchise agreement with the City stipulates (or did, and I haven't heard that it changed) that Comcast will provide service to pretty much any address. I think that applies to everywhere covered by the Mount Hood Cable Regulatory Commission, which I think includes Gresham. -- Russell Senior, President [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
