On 12/19/2010 20:09, Leo Bicknell wrote:
They have been granted a monopoly by the local government for wireline services, and in exchange for that monopoly need to act in the public's interest. In the TV world this is things like running the local community interest channel, and paying a franchise fee. In the IP world we're still developing the criteria, but it's not unreasonable to think they might have some government imposed requirements there as well.
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