Muni network ownership and the Fourth

[jfmezei_nanog at vaxination.ca (Jean-Francois Mezei)]

On 13-01-29 15:17, Jay Ashworth wrote:

> If you're at layer 1, and arguably at layer 2, then move-add-change on 
> physical patches / VLAN assignments is all you would need to log, since you
> don't actually touch "real traffic".

It is in fact important for a government (municipal, state/privince or
federal) to stay at a last mile layer 2 service with no retail offering.
Wholesale only.

Not only is the last mile competitively neutral because it is not
involved in retail, but it them invites competition by allowing many
service providers to provide retail services over the last mile network.