Subj : The future of IPv4 (was: vanity mode engaged)
To   : Kees van Eeten
From : Joe Delahaye
Date : Tue Jul 25 2017 13:08:12

  Re: The future of IPv4 (was: vanity mode engaged)
  By: Kees van Eeten to Michiel van der Vlist on Tue Jul 25 2017 13:12:08

 KV> MvdV> I think that is a good development. Here the owner(s) of the old
 KV> copper
 KV> MvdV> originally designed for POTS are by law required to allow
 KV> competitors to
 KV> MvdV> make use of the infrastructure. But oddly enough that does not apply
 KV> to
 KV> MvdV> the coax cable originally designed for broadcasting TV. The owner of
 KV> the coax has a monopoly on it.

 KV> There is quite a difference between letting competitors using fixed
 KV> ciruits and competitors mutiplexing on the same signal carrier.

Here that is the norm.  smaller indie ISPs rent space on the cables and can
usually offere it cheaper to their customers then the owners of the cable.


Joe
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