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Re:Why YouTube buffers: The secret deals that make and break... by jlgaddis on Monday July 29, 2013 @09:32AM (#6120953)
In my perfect world, municipalities would only fiber that ran to every home and to a central facility but they would not manage any logical devices or infrastructure. Any carrier who wanted to have a presence in the facility could, for the same exact cost.

Customers would then be able to pick and choose their carrier and carriers would be forced to compete based upon service. Not happy with ISP A? Call up ISP B, sign up, and they'll put in a ticket to a tech at the facility to patch you over from ISP A to ISP B instead.

I realize, of course, that this a fantasy that will never happen.

Re:Why YouTube buffers: The secret deals that make and break... by gregsadetsky on Monday July 29, 2013 @11:27AM (#6121672)
Amsterdam seems to be a good example of what you're describing (FTTH installed by the city, Internet service provided by private companies). See:

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/03/how-amsterdam-was...