I don't see this necc as a "gov only, no corps allowed" thing, but more a "gov provides basic access, anything more exciting corps cover" type of thing.
public parking vs private garage. public roads vs tpkes usps vs ups and fedex. On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems to have the potential to affect Internet Access > rules,broadband penetration and the interaction of the people with > government. > > Most of it sounds good, and very Anti-Establishment.The plans seem > more along the lines of doing what is good for citizens, rather than > necessarily protecting the interests of corporations. > Certainly a state/country run Wireless broadband network, and > ubiquitous broadband as easily obtained as rabbit ear TV stations or > phone service would threaten some providers, or force them to provide > proper Value Added Service. > If he sticks to his "Broadband' promise, then we're talking at least > 1MB/s otherwise it's just Internet Access which would not be able to > carry live streaming video from town meetings etc. > > It would be interesting to see if he can get around the Corporatocracy > which has held America at a lowly 15th out of 30 ranked industrial > countries in the world for citizens with Internet Access. > > http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/12/style/otech.php > > Hopefully, if this happens, the ideas will trickle down as well to > other nations int he hemisphere. > One can hope that not only the draconian (copyright law changes) > changes carry over! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280256 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
