Agreed. This comes to a shock to me that the FCC would even think of going here. Just wait until the MPAA and RIAA catch wind of this. I know torrents can be used to distribute legal content, but I bet my WISP if all of us saw what was actually going through the torrents...that 98% would be illegal copyrighted material.
When they send someone to me with a CALEA complaint of copyright distribution, I am going to tell them they are SOL, the FCC says I can't watch and manage the traffic across my network. This hurts the rural ISP more than the others. I thought the FCC wanted to foster broadband deployment in rural areas? We pay over $1300/mth for 2 x T1 here from ACC, the cheapest place I can get it. There is NO ACCESS to fiber, unless I can figure out a way to backhaul it wirelessly over 50 miles of jumping hills. WTG FCC, Sorry for my flaming, but they are getting more stupid in DC by the day. Scott ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Travis Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:21:10 -0700 >Except that I am a private company, and don't feel the FCC should be >telling me what I can and can't do. > >I don't take government money, grants, funding, etc. therefore I don't >think they should have ANY say in what I do with MY company. > >Travis >Microserv > >Brad Belton wrote: >> I see this as a good thing. We don't really care what our users do with the >> bandwidth they buy from us as long as it's legal. Bandwidth hungry >> applications are good for our model as the more they need the more they buy. >> I don't see that as a bad thing for our bottom line! >> >> I do see this hurting the flagrant oversubscription models the cable and DSL >> companies use and that is why they are at the forefront against what the FCC >> is proposing. >> >> If the FCC slaps a few fines on a couple cable companies for manipulating >> the bandwidth their customers are paying for then they will probably begin >> to start raising their prices. Again, I don't see how this is a bad thing >> for us. >> >> Best, >> >> >> Brad >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of George Rogato >> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 6:44 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: [WISPA] Uh-Oh, " they are ready to discipline Internet service >> providers" >> >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080225/ap_on_hi_te/fcc_internet_regulation;_ylt >> =Amemx2yVrJg63gF8aZg0fzQjtBAF >> >> Federal regulators on Monday said they are ready to discipline Internet >> service providers who secretly favor certain types of data traffic, like >> Web surfing, over others, like file sharing. >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > Dial-Up Internet service from Info-Ed, Inc. as low as $9.99/mth. Check out www.info-ed.com for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
