Let the dinosaurs die

An open letter to FCC chairman Michael Powell explains why the government shouldn’t prop up the ailing telecom behemoths.
Telecom companies bought expensive network technology with long bonds. That technology has been made obsolete by gear getting faster and cheaper all the time by Moore’s law and Metcalfe’s law. The telecom companies are asking for the equivalent of a bailout for their investments in sailing ships after the advent of steam.
The way to speed the deployment of broadband to homes isn’t to prop up businesses based on old technology, but to let uncompetitive businesses “fail fast”, and let new competitors play.
Read it; and if you agree, contact your legislator and pass it on.

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