Nationwide Infrastructure
<quote>"Other operators without the benefits of this nationwide fixed-line infrastructure must rely on KPN’s network in order to compete."</quote>
My recollection of the introduction of electricity and telephone service in many parts of 'Merika in the late 1800's was the duplication of investment in infrastructure was an undesirable event. Municipalities did NOT want multiple sets of:
water lines
sewer lines
electric lines, and
telephone lines
so the concept of a regulated monopoly was introduced. This worked well for quite some time, but in more recent years, breaking up these monopolies has been the focus of activists.
One would expect the incumbent to want to continue to 'milk that cow' until it runs dry, and do everything possible to prevent a competitor from taking hold.
That is where the (fixed wire) infrastructure that provides the service needs to disconnected from the service provider (KPN). KPN should be required to divest itself of the fixed wire infrastructure, and become a service provider only who, like its competitors, must """rent"""" the infrastructure.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
