Amazon is reportedly considering offering home Internet service in Europe. However, the company would probably not do so in the United States because US law doesn’t guarantee wholesale access to existing networks.
Amazon hasn’t commented publicly on the topic, which was raised today in a report by The Information (subscription required). The technology news site quotes “a person briefed on the discussion” as saying that Amazon is considering whether to offer Internet service over the networks of existing providers. Since Amazon reportedly doesn’t want to build its own network, it would have to purchase wholesale access, which isn’t available everywhere.
In parts of Europe, such as Britain, broadband providers like British Telecom are required to offer wholesale access to their network to rivals,” The Information noted. “A US offering would be tougher to pull off as US regulators don’t require cable operators to open up their networks to rivals.”
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