Comments on: Web Idea – ISP Customer Mapping/Coordination http://lehrblogger.com/2008/10/25/web-idea-isp-customer-mapping/ The future is pretty cool. Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lehrblogger http://lehrblogger.com/2008/10/25/web-idea-isp-customer-mapping/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Lehrblogger Sun, 09 Nov 2008 09:37:53 +0000 http://lehrblogger.com/?p=225#comment-50 If the government owns the wires, are there consequent concerns about censorship of content? Or would the amount of control that the government has not change substantively either way? Organizations of dissatisfied broadband customers could also lobby local governments to bring about this change. If the existing monopolies don't want it to happen, and are exerting pressure on the federal government to prevent it, pressure from local constituents might make a difference. Good idea re linking back with italics at the top - I've adopted it in subsequent posts. If the government owns the wires, are there consequent concerns about censorship of content? Or would the amount of control that the government has not change substantively either way?

Organizations of dissatisfied broadband customers could also lobby local governments to bring about this change. If the existing monopolies don’t want it to happen, and are exerting pressure on the federal government to prevent it, pressure from local constituents might make a difference.

Good idea re linking back with italics at the top – I’ve adopted it in subsequent posts.

]]> By: Jorge Ortiz http://lehrblogger.com/2008/10/25/web-idea-isp-customer-mapping/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jorge Ortiz Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:08:24 +0000 http://lehrblogger.com/?p=225#comment-28 Also, you should probably link back to the original "web idea" post at the beginning of each new blog post, with a short description of what "web idea" means. If it's in italics, the reader can distinguish this "meta" content from the "real" content that follows. Also, you should probably link back to the original “web idea” post at the beginning of each new blog post, with a short description of what “web idea” means. If it’s in italics, the reader can distinguish this “meta” content from the “real” content that follows.

]]> By: Jorge Ortiz http://lehrblogger.com/2008/10/25/web-idea-isp-customer-mapping/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Jorge Ortiz Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:07:01 +0000 http://lehrblogger.com/?p=225#comment-27 Broadband ISPs (as opposed to telephone ISPs) have very high per unit/house/building infrastructure costs. It makes sense to only incur these costs once. This makes broadband ISPs very similar to utilities like water, gas, and electricity that also have local monopolies. Unfortunately, broadband ISPs aren't regulated or operated like local utility monopolies. Ideally, government would incur the (high initial) cost of wiring each home with broadband, then rent those wires to several service providers who can compete with each other on price and service to the consumer. Of course, that would majorly upset existing phone and cable monopolies, so it probably won't happen any time soon. Broadband ISPs (as opposed to telephone ISPs) have very high per unit/house/building infrastructure costs. It makes sense to only incur these costs once. This makes broadband ISPs very similar to utilities like water, gas, and electricity that also have local monopolies.

Unfortunately, broadband ISPs aren’t regulated or operated like local utility monopolies.

Ideally, government would incur the (high initial) cost of wiring each home with broadband, then rent those wires to several service providers who can compete with each other on price and service to the consumer.

Of course, that would majorly upset existing phone and cable monopolies, so it probably won’t happen any time soon.

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