[Cialug] Mediacomm fiber

[Kenneth Younger]

There was actually a great article over at TLF about the current efforts by
the FCC to [over] apply their mandate into regulating broadband. Interesting
read.

http://techliberation.com/2010/07/16/title-ii-for-broadband-is-desperate-and-ill-conceived/

In the end, the best hedge against this is more competition. Use a local ISP
when you can :)

-Kenny

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com>wrote:

>  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.
>
> 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).
>
> dave
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> *From:* cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] *On
> Behalf Of *John Lengeling
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:09 AM
> *To:* Central Iowa Linux Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [Cialug] Mediacomm fiber
>
>  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.
>
>
>
> johnl
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