Matthew Gillen wrote:
Just because they're not in business now doesn't mean the idea of open
access is doomed to failure.
To the contrary, I maintain that since none of the big CLECs had any
long-term success with it demonstrates that the model -- running your
business on your direct
On 05/08/2013 10:50 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
Matthew Gillen wrote:
Just because they're not in business now doesn't mean the idea of open
access is doomed to failure.
To the contrary, I maintain that since none of the big CLECs had any
long-term success with it demonstrates that the model --
On 05/08/2013 10:50 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
Matthew Gillen wrote:
Just because they're not in business now doesn't mean the idea of open
access is doomed to failure.
To the contrary, I maintain that since none of the big CLECs had any
long-term success with it demonstrates that the model --
On 05/08/2013 03:28 PM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
On 05/08/2013 10:50 AM, Richard Pieri wrote:
Matthew Gillen wrote:
- you may not refuse service to someone who is willing and able to pay
in that geographic area
This is what I wrote. Common carriers provide service to everyone
equally. FiOS
Richard Pieri wrote:
Matthew Gillen wrote:
Just because they're not in business now doesn't mean the idea of open
access is doomed to failure.
To the contrary, I maintain that since none of the big CLECs had any
long-term success with it demonstrates that the model -- running your
business
Matthew Gillen wrote:
And I tried to make clear that common carriers have nothing to do with
TV. I'm talking about FiOS for internet access. I was never talking
about TV. Please stop talking about TV, it is completely irrelevant to
this discussion.
FiOS is a cable TV service. That's how
On 05/08/2013 04:15 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
Matthew Gillen wrote:
And I tried to make clear that common carriers have nothing to do with
TV. I'm talking about FiOS for internet access. I was never talking
about TV. Please stop talking about TV, it is completely irrelevant to
this
Tom Metro wrote:
Today I received a letter from Verizon regarding my residence in Newton
saying Verizon is replacing telephone wires...we'll need to move your
telephone
service to our new fiber network. ...
FYI, this note was also published in the Telecom Digest:
The judge in the SCO vs IBM case had denied SCO's motion to reopen the
case a couple of weeks ago. Today SCO is requesting a reconsideration
because the stays in the bankruptcy case have been lifted. If the case
is reopened, it should be monetary only.
Tom Metro wrote:
What is your theory for why CLECs failed, then, if not for being
technologically surpassed?
Being a CLEC is not a partnership with an ILEC. It's an openly
aggressive relationship with the organization that operates the
infrastructure that your entire business depends on. That
The Right Way to run the telecom system, IMHO, would be to “delaminate” it
(h/t David Weinberger). Have the ILECs be responsible for maintaining the
network infrastructure that shuttles bits from place to place, and let them
rent out that bandwidth to service providers, but forbid them from
Matthew Gillen wrote:
You can buy internet service without getting TV. They are an ISP. That
is how they sell it.
FiOS is a bundled residential service competing directly with various
cable TV/broadband providers like Comcast and Cox. THIS is how VZ sells it.
Look at the technology. Each
On 5/8/2013 4:21 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
Tom Metro wrote:
Today I received a letter from Verizon regarding my residence in Newton
saying Verizon is replacing telephone wires...we'll need to move your telephone
service to our new fiber network. ...
FYI, this note was also published in the Telecom
Seth Gordon wrote:
The Right Way to run the telecom system, IMHO, would be to “delaminate” it
(h/t David Weinberger). Have the ILECs be responsible for maintaining the
network infrastructure that shuttles bits from place to place, and let them
rent out that bandwidth to service providers, but
IIRC, certain policy wonks claimed that ATT eventually decided that being
broken up by the Justice Department was not such a bad idea, because as
non-monopolies the Baby Bells had more freedom of action than their mother.
(And since deregulation, the Bell System seems to be reconstituting itself.
Seth Gordon wrote:
The Right Way to run the telecom system, IMHO, would be to “delaminate” it
(h/t David Weinberger). Have the ILECs be responsible for maintaining the
To respond to the initial point here...
I alluded to reinstating the Bell System. To be perfectly honest, I
think that the
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