Frank,
"What I think is being avoided in these discussions is the possibility, however subtle it may be, that through the use of next generation loop techniques, such as those in the modified FITL recently deployed in Atlanta, redundancy becomes subsumed by transformation."
Exactly! But only if you let true competition run it's course. Then someone will be willing to come along and string that little old fiber right to everyone's doorstep. Then both MSOs and ILECs will really have something to worry about.
"That is, should the ILECs, after spending untold millions, billions, on upgrading their residential delivery platforms with -303 and FITL provisions, also be subjected to opening up their access platforms as well? As it turns out, this is a no brainer...Certainly, they will."
But this is one of my points. Your, "redundancy becomes subsumed by transformation," scenario is MUCH more likely to happen if there is no burden on any carrier to open up it's risky infrastructure investments to competitors. It's not fair to expect ILECs to do this either.
I think that's the argument ILECs should be making. They should not be attempting to quash AT&T's broadband plans with the same burden they are under. They should rally together to get all their burdens lifted. Not just dump it on AT&T (and soon, Paul Allen. Speaking of which he should be throwing his $.02 in too).
Thanks,
MikeM(From Florida) |
