[Cialug] Mediacomm fiber

[Dave Weis]

There is a great illustration that shows what you can look forward to when the telco and cable duopoly continues and tries to kill off the third party ISP as well as the new content providers:

http://twitpic.com/1x1d2z

Enjoy!


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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth Younger
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:23 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mediacomm fiber

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<mailto: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> [mailto: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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