> Wouldn't that be like me walking into your kitchen to cook some food for
my
> customers at my restaurant?
> Clear could serve ADSL to the public if they invested in some more
networks,
> or alternative make there new radio link available as a residential
product.

Unbundling the local loop is a contentious issue, not the least of which is
how access is priced. Telstra have unbundled theirs but the competition
argue that the access pricing is too high. The idea that the FCC in the US
had was to promote competition in the local loop by forcing Incumbent
Telco's (ILEC or LEC's) to make access to the copper available to
Competitive Telco's for a suitable price/port. Those organisations could
then install a DSLAM in the exchange, connect that up to their own ATM
networks and then provide high-speed data to the home user.

While it's a compelling model, one can get into a situation where to get DSL
in the home you need to liase with the ILEC, the CLEC and possibly the ISP.
One columnist, frustrated at it taking weeks to get DSL up and running (lots
of finger pointing) argued that DSL should stand for Driveway Site Liaison!

I guess we are lucky in many respects here with Telecom's contractors, the
ISP's etc able to get DSL up running in a couple of hours (well that was my
experience anyway). But is that a good substitute for low prices?

Larry
>
> Roll on Saturn's cable to Auckland to bring down broadband pricing.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org]On
> > Behalf Of Laurence Chiu
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 4:11 PM
> > To: adsl@unixathome.org
> > Subject: Re: clear/telecom deal
> >
> >
> > >
> > > IDG net carried an article that stated that Clear would use Telecoms
> > exchange
> > > gear for ADSL and haev their own IP behind it. Clear will not
> > have access
> > to the
> > > exchanges to install their own gear.
> >
> >
> > If Clear had access to the exchanges, then we would be in the business
of
> > unbundling the local loop - something that Telecom doesn't subscribe to.
> > Otherwise any reputable Telco (a la the US CLEC model) could
> > co-locate their
> > gear in the exchanges and route the network traffic out to their
networks
> > which could be a good thing (though unclear if Telstra/Saturn would
agree)
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
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