I agree with the EFF on a lot, but there was a dearth of numbers in this article. Does anyone know of any numbers to actually back up, for instance, the 80% claim that the writer makes regarding the cost of initial buildout? Additionally, how would that apply to each individual ISP?
The article also asserts that, "a small handful of massive and extraordinarily profitably Internet service providers (ISPs) are telling state legislatures that network neutrality would hinder their ability to raise revenues to pay for upgrades and thus force them to charge consumers higher bills for Internet access". Does anyone have an actual example where this has happened? I'd expect the author to at least throw in a link to a news article somewhere. Almost every article the author has written for the EFF is related to Net Neutrality, I'd think he'd have plenty of resources to show us.
Also, while I'm not entirely sure how EPB built their network out, Sonic is a terrible example even by the information given in the article. First of all, when almost the entire cost of starting your business is already paid for you, you're doing to have lower costs than someone who actually has to build conduit to lay fiber. On top of that, Sonic's service seems to be entirely concentrated in an extremely small, very high population density area. When you have 2000 customers on a single city block, you're going to have a lot lower costs than a company that has one customer every quarter mile.
The article also asserts that, "a small handful of massive and extraordinarily profitably Internet service providers (ISPs) are telling state legislatures that network neutrality would hinder their ability to raise revenues to pay for upgrades and thus force them to charge consumers higher bills for Internet access". Does anyone have an actual example where this has happened? I'd expect the author to at least throw in a link to a news article somewhere. Almost every article the author has written for the EFF is related to Net Neutrality, I'd think he'd have plenty of resources to show us.
Also, while I'm not entirely sure how EPB built their network out, Sonic is a terrible example even by the information given in the article. First of all, when almost the entire cost of starting your business is already paid for you, you're doing to have lower costs than someone who actually has to build conduit to lay fiber. On top of that, Sonic's service seems to be entirely concentrated in an extremely small, very high population density area. When you have 2000 customers on a single city block, you're going to have a lot lower costs than a company that has one customer every quarter mile.