Except there are literally thousands of independent ISPs in the US, many 10+ years old that aren't likely to be going anywhere and they are moving to constructing their own wireline. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Masataka Ohta" <mohta@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> To: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2023 6:56:02 PM Subject: Re: Spectrum (legacy TWC) Infrastructure - Contact Off List Mike Hammett wrote:
Maybe it's not as hard as everyone says?
That's exactly the way of thinking by investors during bubble. It should be noted that corona virus not only caused depression against which QE policy was chosen but also forced people stay at home. As such, investing on internet access seemed promising and some money was also invested on high speed inexpensive satellite internet, even though satellite internet must be low speed or expensive. Masataka Ohta