[olug] Google Fiber home Internet sevice RFI

[Dan Clough]

Are there any laws on LES selling their fiber to a private entity?  Are there any regulatory processes that must be endured before Google could swoop in and easily pick up most of the Lincoln area using LES fiber?

Dan

On Feb 18, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Sam Tetherow wrote:

> Yes, but Google is not a government entity. 
> Sam Tetherow
> Sandhills Wireless
> 
> James Ringler wrote:
>> Sam Tetherow wrote:
>>> There isn't any state law that I am aware of that prohibits you from laying your own infrastructure.  There are hoops that have to be jumped through to get ROW from the municipality, but part of the deregulation of telco services was for just this purpose.
>>> 
>>> I know for instance that Three Rivers Telephone "coppered over" Qwest in Ainsworth.  Unite fiber in Lincoln has their own fiber loop that is outside of Windstream's network.  Time Warner's cable network is outside of Windstream in Lincoln, yet both offer voice and internet.  I also know that for a while Lincoln was trying to find another cable provider to compete against TW.  The reason that it doesn't happen very often is that it is horribly expensive to do it and if you don't have a captive audience (the only provider) it is hard to make the numbers work.
>>> 
>>> Sam Tetherow
>>> Sandhills Wireless
>> 
>> 
>> They passed a law about 10 years ago that prohibited municipal entities from becoming an ISP.    Windstream and Time Warner lobbied for the law since TW was in the process of launching Road Runner.   At the time, LES had the entire city laced with fiber and TW was worried that if LES could light it up, TW would lose their back side.   The law never was lifted off the books.  At that time we were working on fiber to the desktop in Waverly..  since they were booming with industry development.   Our plans were quickly shattered
>> 
>> Here's a link that shows Nebraska being on the ban.
>> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/municipal-fiber-needs-more-fdr-localism-fewer-state-bans.ars 
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