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In response to my posting about the desirability of structurally separating businesses that connect us to the Internet from businesses that provide content and services over the Internet, Esme Vos, of MuniWireless.com, in an email reports some good news from Europe:

Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Telecommunications, has already said that the Commission will seek structural separation in the next EU round of telecom regulations. In addition, the Commission sued the German government for allowing Deutsche Telekom to exclude competitors from its new fiber optic networks. The German government believes DT deserves a regulatory "holiday" to allow it to recoup its investments in fiber.