andrel wrote:
> On 21-4-2009 17:52, Darren New wrote:
>> scott wrote:
>>> The ISP business is open and follows market demands, they will 
>>> provide for whatever the customers want.
>>
>> Not in the USA.  Aren't most telecom companies state-run in Europe? Am 
>> I allowed to open a new telephone company in (say) Germany and dig up 
>> the road and all, running new wires to houses in new developments?
> 
> The way that is handled here 

Where is "here"?

> I hope that is more or less understandable ;)

I used to work for the company that provided the shared services to all the 
local phone companies that worked this way in the USA (i.e., I worked for 
Bellcore). It makes perfect sense.

And if an ISP could come in that could scoop up TW's customers that wanted 
unrestricted access and provide it at a lower price than TW's customers 
could get it, I'd agree that it's not a big problem. However, I suspect this 
new ISP would wind up paying for the cost of the filtering hardware anyway, 
since I'm sure TW would include that as "part of the price".  (TW being Time 
Warner, my personal local monopoly.)

I'd still ask why anyone thinks allowing this behavior is a good idea for 
the general public.

> Needless to say that quite often it does not work as expected.

Tell me about it. :-)

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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