Cutting the Cord on Big Bell Dogma

For over a century, the rules of competition in the U.S. telecom industry have been dictated by Ma Bell and her progeny.  And those rules are what I refer to as Big Bell Dogma:

• Protect the status quo at all costs
• Enforce rigid constraints on how the network is used
• Centralize all control

We live with Big Bell Dogma because we have no choice - or do we?   

I believe that the unique characteristics of mobility are accelerating the overthrow of Big Bell Dogma:

• Mobility breaks the network monopoly
• Mobility opens the network for innovation
• Mobility frays the network edge