[Cialug] Mediacomm fiber

[Ed Kraus]

HA! Enjoy... while i get a big hole in my pocket....

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Dave Weis <djweis at internetsolver.com>wrote:

>
> 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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> Dave Weis
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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>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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>> Dave Weis
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>> djweis at internetsolver.com
>> http://www.internetsolver.com/
>> Please check out our Complete Support Service
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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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Ed Kraus
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