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To: ftth who wrote (8881)10/15/2000 12:49:09 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio   of 12823
 
I didn't see this earlier. Was this part of your edit?

"Think the free-space guys will have to play by open access rules?"

It probably would be a non-starter on point to points, but on point to multipoints? Why not?

Of course, your question goes to whether "IR Carriers" or CLECs/DLECs will be impacted by this, not the technology, per se. The technology itself is dumb.

After all, why would IR DLECs (who are providing broadband in a broadcast or quasi-broadcast mode if they are doing true multipoint) be immune from the same rules that apply to ILECs, MSOs and eventually Wireless BB Carriers? Especially if any one content provider who aligns themselves with an IR carrier becomes successful and dominant. Other content providers will be sure to petition for equal access to the same "umbrella" of IR links, too.

Now, I know that we can quibble over whether p-mp using coded access schemes are equivalent to broadcast, but in principle the former could be made to effect the latter, if one has the resolve to make it so.

Or, whether discreet user links could be supported by third-party providers over an IR Carrier System that is designed to support a solitary service provider, as in the way MSOs today are the overlords of DOCSIS platforms.

You bring up a very interesting subject for further discussion.
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