Re:Level3 is without peer, now what to do?
by mtourne on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @04:49AM
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Exactly what happened in France circa 2000. France Telecom the national operator was forced to maintain the last mile and open to other ISP at the city exchange.
This has allowed newcomers like Free (Free ISP), to disrupt the high speed internet market both in costs and speeds.
It seems that telecom is one area where laissez-faire leads to less competition, and worse offers for potential customers.
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This is the case in most EU countries, due to EU regulation of the telecoms sector.
Ironically, it is a result of deregulation of the sector, from a situation where most EU countries previously had a single government-owned operator. As part of the de-regulation, to ensure the former public telcos did not get a stranglehold, a long range of rules were put in place to guarantee competitors access to the existing subscriber base.