Muni Fiber (was: Re: last mile, regulatory incentives, etc)

[mohta at necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp (Masataka Ohta)]

William Herrin wrote:

>> However, with time slotted PON, unbundling must be
>> at L2, which is as expensive as L3, which means
>> there effectively is no unbundling.
> 
> I strongly disagree. If this were true, there would be no market for
> MPLS service: folks would simply buy Internet service and run VPNs.

You agree with me. MPLS at L2 sucks because it is as expensive
as, but less capable than, IP at L3.

> If you take my packets off at the first hop and deliver them to a 3rd
> party provider,

If you are saying delivery as IP, your local provider is an
ISP with monopoly.

> Even if the cost for the unbundled L2 circuit was *identical* to the
> cost of the bundled Internet circuit it would enable a huge range of
> niche products that aren't practical now.

See the reality of your example of MPLS.

						Masataka Ohta