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by lachiflippi 74 days ago
It absolutely does happen that way in Germany. We had Fiber Company A rip up the entire city a year ago, and Fiber Company B ripped up the streets again just a few weeks ago.

ETA from my ISP to actually get any of those lines into my apartment is still 2028.
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throw0101d 74 days ago
This is a coördination problem: the municipality can mandate that every company has to install a larger conduit so that (say) 3-6 (?) other fibres can be run.

So if one company is doing the east part of the town, and another company is doing the west, at some point they could leverage the infrastructure of each other.

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eqvinox 74 days ago
> […] the municipality can mandate […]

I don't think so. German open access law says if you're in a "market dominating" position, you have to share access to what you have. I'm at least unaware of a law that allows forcing telcos to build more than they want. (And even if there were, it'd be balanced by them deciding to just not build at all.)

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