To me, it just seems like this is the culmination of the ISP shakeout that
started years ago. Now mom and pop shops are no more, there are only a few
large players at least for retail customers (non-fairly large business).
And it is time to get deeper into the pockets of customers with additional
- Original Message -
So far, I am believing that this is just another scheme to allow
companies to 'enhance their revenue stream'. An no matter who they
extort the money
from, the only source of nickels into their revenue stream is from you
and me. Companies and other 'providers' that
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Chris McQuistion
cmcquist...@watkins.eduwrote:
Unfortunately, the government-approved monopolies on cable and such do a
pretty complete job in preventing any significant competition in broadband.
And THAT is the reason behind regulating them so heavily. They
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Chris McQuistion
cmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote:
I understand where you're coming from and I think I agree with most of what
you're saying, but the part that worries me is the idea that this problem
could be self-correcting by consumers voting with their feet,
2. It is wickedly expensive to run *anything* - wires, pipes, fiber
optic cables - to every house in a given area. The cable company has
already done so and subsidized it with their TV service.
Another thing here is that the cities/municipalities have to provide
franchising to the
In a town where I went to college, there were two separate, competing cable
companies.
Two complete cable plants across the entire town, both paying homage via
pole rental to the phone and/or
power companies. The cost of 'basic cable' was $6/mo and turn on/off was
$50 (they stuck it to the
Since the other thread was so thoroughly hijacked, I'll see about starting this
one.
I already started this with the topic correct, and with the warning about the
content being of my own opinion.
Net Neutrality, at least in the definition I have for it, is a good thing. I
think it could
I understand where you're coming from and I think I agree with most of what
you're saying, but the part that worries me is the idea that this problem
could be self-correcting by consumers voting with their feet, so to speak.
Most Americans have 1 or 2 choices for broadband. That's it. I'm
