<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904">
<STYLE>@font-face {
font-family: Batang;
}
@font-face {
font-family: @Batang;
}
@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; }
P.MsoNormal {
MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt
}
LI.MsoNormal {
MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt
}
DIV.MsoNormal {
MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt
}
A:link {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlink {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
A:visited {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {
COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline
}
SPAN.EmailStyle17 {
FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; mso-style-type: personal-reply
}
DIV.Section1 {
page: Section1
}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY lang=EN-US link=blue vLink=blue>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954290916-20072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>In 2005 the FCC reclassified DSL from a communications service
to an information service. Small distinction but it's no longer covered under
most of the consumer protections that it had previously. It is also no longer
tarriffed and is now subject to a commercial agreement. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954290916-20072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954290916-20072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>The FCC did finish a round of public comment on the 15th to
see if something between wide open and restricted would be appropriate. For the
longest time DSL was subject to restraint and 3rd party providers but cable
Internet was wide open and didn't have those requirements. Instead of applying
some regulation to cable Internet and enforcing neutrality, the FCC went the
other way and let DSL have the same freedoms as cable had (and has misused in
some cases).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954290916-20072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954290916-20072010><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>dave</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=954290916-20072010></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>--<BR>Dave
Weis<BR>515-224-9229<BR>djweis@internetsolver.com<BR><A
href="http://www.internetsolver.com/">http://www.internetsolver.com/</A><BR>Please
check out our Complete Support Service<BR><A
href="http://www.internetsolver.com/completesupport/">http://www.internetsolver.com/completesupport/</A><BR><BR></FONT></P>
<DIV> </DIV><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
dir=ltr>
<DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left>
<HR tabIndex=-1>
<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> cialug-bounces@cialug.org
[mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>John
Lengeling<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:09 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Central Iowa Linux Users Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Cialug] Mediacomm
fiber<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">If you are having
problems dealing with utilities, I would highly recommend calling the
Utilities Board. I haven’t called them about MediaComm, but when I
call about other utilities I get prompt action. They
seem to pay quite a bit more attention to your problem when the Utilities
Board is involved.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">johnl<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>