[PLUG] ISP near Gresham

[Tomas Kuchta]

No escape is the intended design. There is term for the current state -
Regulatory Capture.

It is where encumbents capture a market and it's regulator. This is classic
economy 1:1 by the book - see who writes regulatory laws, who controls the
regulator and all the regulations.

If there would be escape, there would most likely be working market.

See Wikipedia for more:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture


On Oct 2, 2017 11:01 PM, "Russell Senior" <russell at personaltelco.net> wrote:

> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com> writes:
>
> Michael> [...] You indicated you are in 97230, which is Parkrose. Makes
> Michael> no difference what ISPs are in Gresham. It looks like your
> Michael> choices are CenturyLink DSL, XFinity cable, and possibly
> Michael> Frontier fiber (if they have it to your house).
>
> It would be very rare that an ILEC leaves its home territory, so if you
> are Frontier land, you may be able to get Frontier DSL and/or may be
> able to get Frontier FiOS.  Or if you were in CenturyLink land, you may
> be able to get CenturyLink DSL and/or CenturyLink fiber.  But I have yet
> to see a location that have access to CenturyLink options and Frontier
> options at the same time.
>
> Note also, that on old-style DSL (speeds up to 7Mbps) you can often
> choose a third party ISP, such as SpiritOne or Hevanet or the like.  Any
> DSL that is faster than that can, with high-probability, but held
> exclusive to the party that installed the infrastructure.  This is by
> misbegotten design of the FCC and the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
>
> There is no reason, other than policy, that one fiber operator can't
> provide infrastructure for all services and all service providers.  The
> vertical integration of telecommunications is an ongoing mistake that
> continuously harms the consumer for no reason other than the enrichment
> of the monopolist rent-seekers.
>
> The policy makers have provided one escape route from this trap.  That's
> the route I think we should all be taking.
>
>
> --
> Russell Senior, President
> russell at personaltelco.net
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