However, depending upon how a similar plan was implemented in the U.S. market, there’s the potential for some incumbent service provider job loss (perhaps in the thousands).

I worked at MCI during the early years, and once AT&T Long Distance was introduced to the realities of a truly competitive market, they had to lay-off numerous waves of employees (totaling thousands) — in an attempt to reduce their bloated operating costs.

That said, once the company had fixed some of their legacy monopoly business practices, and dramatically improved efficiencies via organizational re-engineering, they seemed to benefit from the experience of the restructuring.

My point: disruption of the status quo can sometimes result in short-term pain for a few, but it also can ultimately deliver long-term gain for all stakeholders in the marketplace.

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