[PLUG-TALK] EFF on Google Fiber policy

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Ronald" == Ronald Chmara <ronabop at gmail.com> writes:

Ronald>    1. Pay for what you want to use.  2. There is no step 2.
Ronald> If you want a dedicated, high speed, high CIR line, pay for
Ronald> it. Many organizations are happy to sell them to you. If,
Ronald> however, you *don't* want a dedicated, high speed, connection,
Ronald> and just want end-user cheap speeds, it's kind of weird to
Ronald> complain about not getting what you aren't paying for.  IIRC,
Ronald> fiber last-haul gets what, 20Mbps or something? (Doesn't
Ronald> really matter, it's just a placeholder for the math). So, you
Ronald> can totally get to that same speed, without any "server"
Ronald> restrictions, ISP "usage rules", for about $10,000 a month,
Ronald> Pretty reasonable prices these days.  Provided you're willing
Ronald> to pay for it.

There is a market these days for so-called Metro Ethernet, which is
basically fiber-to-the-building.  That starts at around $2k/month.
Fiber doesn't really cost that much, it is cheaper than copper to
deploy.  Google, sonic.net, etc are selling symetric gigabit for
~$70/month, which one can assume is more than it costs to provide.

So, yes, I advocate paying what it costs to provide, but not the
gigantic predatory markup that control of the infrastructure allows.


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