“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US

Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by nvahalik on Thursday March 23, 2017 @01:42PM (#13942078)

But who owns the infrastructure? Would the government own it? Would the municipalities? Is this just one way for the NSA to be able to tap into the major backbone now by mandating this type of stuff?

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it, but what are the downsides to this? Where is that explored?

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Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by zkms on Thursday March 23, 2017 @01:59PM (#13942283)

> Is this just one way for the NSA to be able to tap into the major backbone now by mandating this type of stuff?

I'm pretty sure NSA manages to get access to backbones just fine without the benefit of policies that try to expand the role of fibre in the last mile. NSA has ample access to backbone fibre, both at exchange points and undersea (they have submarines). This is an utter red herring.

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Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by gist on Thursday March 23, 2017 @01:56PM (#13942255)

> But who owns the infrastructure? Would the government own it?

The conduit would presumably be owned and managed by the government. The fiber in it by the people who pulled it presumably the provider.

But here is the thing. Conduit size is not infinite. If not large enough it could get filled. I can even see a case where a particular company may put in extra fiber just to prevent someone else from doing so (and then either not using or renting that fiber). The government is not particularly good at preventing this type of gaming and manipulation.

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Re:“Dig once” bill could bring fiber Internet to much of the US by milesrout on Thursday March 23, 2017 @11:57PM (#13946475)

Central, national government should fund, own and control all infrastructure.

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