On 1/29/2013 4:39 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
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From: "Jean-Francois Mezei" <jfmezei_nanog@vaxination.ca>
It is in fact important for a government (municipal, state/privince or federal) to stay at a last mile layer 2 service with no retail offering. Wholesale only.
Not only is the last mile competitively neutral because it is not involved in retail, but it them invites competition by allowing many service providers to provide retail services over the last mile network.
This, Jean-Francois, is the assertion I hear relatively frequently.
It rings true to me, in general, and I would go that way... but there is a sting in that tail: Can I reasonably expect that Road Runner will in fact be technically equipped and inclined to meet me to get my residents as subscribers? Especially if they're already built HFC in much to all of my municipality?
Cheers, -- jra
If there is competition offering next-gen type services, that they can't reasonably or more easily offer via their existing HFC plant, then I would expect they'd start using the muni network. I think the biggest factor though, would be cost. If using the muni network is cheaper than their own HFC plant, they may actually phase out their HFC network over time. --John