For a long time now, the FCC has been pushing the idea that ownership matters. That might be right about cable and telecom companies, but it doesn't follow that AOL and Comcast are the most efficient providers of high-speed network access. [With asset-based telecom,] we might learn again why GM doesn't own the highways, and why neither cable nor telecom companies should own IP access. In the latest issue of Wired Magazine, Larry Lessig introduces the world to asset-based telecom. "Thanks, Larry! I didn't know!" Hardly. The Cook Report has been covering this area for eons now. Search my Memestream for asset based telecom. That said, I'll be coming back to the "ownership matters" meme soon. Stay tuned. Fiber to the People | 
