After beating cable lobby, Colorado city moves ahead with muni broadband

Re:After beating cable lobby, Colorado city moves ahead with... by shijie on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @01:56PM (#16063899)

Isn't the Stockholm fiber company you mentioned an inherent monopoly, then? Assuming that they're the ISP as well? Or can independent ISPs run their service on the fiber owned by this company?

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Re:After beating cable lobby, Colorado city moves ahead with... by abbe_k on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:15PM (#16064068)

I'm pretty sure the fiber company only owns the fiber and takes a fee from ISPs for using it, they are not an ISP themselves. This means most customers can choose between a lot of different ISPs. At least it is that way in a lot of other places in Sweden.

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Re:After beating cable lobby, Colorado city moves ahead with... by kalleboo on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @09:39PM (#16067551)

From the second paragraph of the linked PDF:

> Stokab was seen as a public infrastructure company by the City Council, much like a public organisation responsible for roads. As a consequence, Stokab was not allowed to sell active services, and was required to sell to any potential purchaser on a non-discriminatory basis

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