Are there any net-neutral companies left? Ones that allow you to run servers, don't cap your usage, and don't do packet shaping? I heard that even Google Fiber doesn't have net neutrality, they still monitor their networks for suspected server traffic.
On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Holland Griffis <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes. Local ordinances are why I can get TDS fiber to my home in La Vergne > but 2 blocks away in Smyrna a relative of mine cant. > On Jan 29, 2014 5:19 AM, "Paul Boniol" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 01/27/2014 06:59 PM, Tim Jackson wrote: >>> >>>> That's entirely untrue. There are no federal regulations that limit an >>>> area to two suppliers... >>>> >>>> Look at Jackson TN.. >>>> >>>> JEA for TV, Internet and Phone >>>> Charter for TV, Internet and Phone >>>> AT&T for TV, Internet and Phone >>>> >>> >>> Do not confuse the limits of Switched Circuit Telephone providers with >>> internet providers. Two very different entities. >>> >>> What Jerry refers to is part of the outcome of the 1984 Consent Decree >>> (Judge Green, et al). Back then, the terms Incumbent Local Exchange >>> Carrier and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers were defined; all within >>> the realm of Switched Circuit telephony - Ma Bell and the Baby Bells. >>> >>> Nobody wanted to see duplicate cable plants constructed, burying even >>> more copper lines. This is what has opened up the means for WindStream and >>> TW (International) Telecom and all the other Facilities Based CLECs to buy >>> the last mile from the ILEC at a regulated price. >>> >>> So instead, we have duplicate cable plants with Cable TV providers in >>> the same market space as ILECs. Never mind that COAX and analog copper has >>> been obsolete since at least 1984!!! To say nothing of the demise of >>> Switched Circuit telephony. >>> >>> Off with their heads! >>> >>> Howard >> >> >> There were (are???) city laws that restrict the number of companies. >> (E.g. Comcast says we will wire Nashville if you give us make us the only >> cable service, so they write the law and they build out Nashville.) So I >> would expect part of this is still local laws that need to be abolished. >> >> Paul >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
