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Re:FCC weakens net neutrality rule in a prelude to larger ro... by rhino369 on Friday February 24, 2017 @05:15PM (#13728439)
The problem is that most americans get their internet over coxial cable owned by the local cable co. Most cable company networks don't have individual loops to unbundle.

You share a loop with the whole neighborhood.

I've heard people claim it is possible, but I'm not really sure how.

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Re:FCC weakens net neutrality rule in a prelude to larger ro... by wtallis on Friday February 24, 2017 @05:22PM (#13728490)
They're already running their phone and Internet services on the same infrastructure but different VLANs. It shouldn't require new hardware to add half a dozen more VLANs for the different backhaul providers and apportion bandwidth inside the last-mile network equally between VLANs.
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Re:FCC weakens net neutrality rule in a prelude to larger ro... by kalleboo on Saturday February 25, 2017 @12:06AM (#13730171)
It won't technically be "loop unbundling" but it's not like it's particularly difficult - it's how MVNOs work.
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