>From the article: In their paper Homes with Tails (PDF), Columbia Law School professor and NAF Fellow Tim Wu and Google Policy Analyst Derek Slater lay out a proposal in which a community would establish a collectively-owned fiber trunk cable that would lead to individually-owned lines into people's homes.
Columbia Law professor Tim Wu explained Friday the benefits of encouraging privately owned fiber lines. Such an architecture would be "akin to a condominium complex--also a radical form of property not too long ago," Slater said. The fiber would lead an open point of presence (or PoP), at which different service providers could set up equipment and compete for residents' business. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10105776-38.html I've been saying exactly this for months. I would love to actually see a neighborhood come together to install homeowner purchased fiber with a community trunk, anyone interested? -- Michael Weinberg President Personal Telco Project, Inc. A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette List information: http://lists.personaltelco.net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
