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Canadian ISP Co-Op Shows Upside of Line Sharing
Golden Gael writes "The FCC got rid of mandatory line sharing in the US a few years ago, but it's alive and kicking in Canada, and an interesting article at Ars Technica looks at what can happen when there's vibrant broadband competition. 'Wireless Nomad does things a little differently. The company is subscriber-owned, volunteer-run, and open-source friendly. It offers a neutral Internet connection with no bandwidth caps or throttling, and it makes a point of creating wireless access points at the end of each DSL connection that can be used, for free, by the public. Bell Canada this is not.' The ISP has some ambitious plans for the future, including getting involved in WiMAX."
First the dollar and now this?! Is Canada the new America?
Seagoon: Shut up Eccles!
Eccles: Shut up Eccles!
I am sick of everybody pretending the free market is at work so everything is great. It isn't.
The whole point of the free market is, if you do not like the way companies provide a good or a service, you are more than welcome to secure your own investors, get your own right of way, run your own cable, and sell your own broadband.
This is my sig.
I'm gonna add that one to my aphorism collection.
Look at any map. We've been on top of the US since day one!
Be relentless!