The problem with the common carrier argument is what’s happening in state the owns the fiber built with grant money. They only license one company per area, making it difficult for wireless competition.
Rory From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown via Af Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 4:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FCC article on Fox News Yep, I agree with some of the net neutrality arguments, but am wholly against common carrier unless subsidies come along with it. From: Bill Prince via Af <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 4:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FCC article on Fox News Of course, net neutrality and the common carrier question are two completely unrelated issues. You can agree with one without agreeing to the other (regardless of which side you're on). bp <part-15@SkylineBroadbandService> On 11/12/2014 3:21 PM, Rory Conaway via Af wrote: I’m planning on sending Tom a sympathy card. He is caught between his boss, Democratic donors, and his past and future clients. FCC HEAD MAY BREAK WITH OBAMA ON NET NEUTRALITY While many liberal Democrats are falling in line behind President Obama’s call for the Federal Communications Commission to reclassify the Internet to be regulated like a public utility, the commission’s head is signaling he may not be on board with the president’s more hardline approach to net neutrality. WaPo: “[A]gency Chairman Tom Wheeler said he preferred a more nuanced solution. His approach would deliver some of what Obama wants but also would address the concerns of the companies that provide Internet access to millions of Americans, such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and AT&T. ‘What you want is what everyone wants: an open Internet that doesn’t affect your business,’ a visibly frustrated Wheeler said at [a Monday] meeting, according to four people who attended. ‘What I’ve got to figure out is how to split the baby.”’ Rory Conaway Triad Wireless 4226 S. 37th Street Phoenix, Az. 85040 602-426-0542 [email protected] www.triadwireless.net
