<div dir="ltr">Andrew, while I agree wholeheartedly with your general statement about breaking up the duopoly's grip, I think they should be replaced outright with a fibre network (FTTH) paid for by our tax dollars, and owned by the people of Ontario/Canada/whatever (not necessarily the government: look at Hydro One and a certain idiot's plan to sell it).<div><br></div><div>There is currently an initiative underway to provide high speed (they're hoping for FTTH everywhere) in rural areas in SW Ontario by a consortium called SWIFT. You can find out more at <a href="http://swiftnetwork.ca/">http://swiftnetwork.ca/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Simply put, internet access is part of our infrastructure just like highways. The people should own it, not a handful of the 1%. And management of the public wires should be in the hands of people who know their arses from their elbows, not the government.</div><div><br></div><div>Jeff, who puts on his Cranky mask when we talk politics...</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 at 18:23 Andrew Kohlsmith (mailing lists account) <<a href="mailto:aklists@mixdown.ca">aklists@mixdown.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On Oct 4, 2017, at 5:25 PM, Dave Cramer <<a href="mailto:davecramer@gmail.com" target="_blank">davecramer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm wondering how this might be possible? Seems like carrytel is just reselling rogers?<br>
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The last mile is owned by Rogers or Bell. There is no getting around it. Anyone who is offering DSL or Cable is using the infrastructure of the incumbent.<br>
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That’s why it’s my firm belief that these carriers must be broken up along this fault line (the last mile) — the last mile providers should not be allowed to sell to consumers, and the network companies must buy last mile circuits should not be allowed to own or operate last mile infrastructure. I definitely do *not* want the last mile nationalized; the surest way to eff-up Internet in Canada is to get the government involved in high technology.<br>
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That would finally put Bell and Rogers (the internet provider companies) on equal and fair footing with the Teksavvys and the VMedias and the CarryTel’s and finally give us some real competition in this space. I have similar feelings toward cellular service and how it should be split up to allow real competition.<br>
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-A.<br>
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