Mandating access to network infrastructure can be justified as a means of increasing competition, but national regulatory authorities need to balance the rights of an infrastructure owner to exploit its infrastructure for its own benefit, and the rights of other service providers to access facilities that are essential for the provision of competing services.
Is féidir údar a bheith lena shainordú go mbronnfaí rochtain ar bhonneagar líonra mar mhodh chun cur le hiomaíocht, ach is gá d'údaráis rialála náisiúnta cothromaíocht a bhaint amach idir an ceart atá ag úinéir an bhonneagair leas a bhaint as a bhonneagar chun a leasa féin, agus ceart na soláthraithe seirbhíse eile rochtain a fháil ar shaoráidí, ar saoráidí iad atá riachtanach do sholáthar seirbhísí atá in iomaíocht lena chéile.