Yes, I enjoyed it a few years back. Still waiting on the new one! Jack? -RickG
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:59 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]>wrote: > Jack wrote and published a book... > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." > --- Albert Einstein > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 12:54 AM, Jack Unger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I refuse to feed the troll. I refuse to feed the troll. I refuse to feed > > the troll. I refuse to feed the troll. I refuse to feed the troll. > > > > MDK wrote: > > > > Is that directly off the pages of the Democrat National Committee "Blast > > Fax" talking points of the day? > > > > Shame on you, Jack. > > > > There's easily 24 million households THAT DO NOT WANT OR WILL NOT PAY FOR > > broadband. > > > > I have some areas where I cover 100% of the households, nobody else does, > > and yet, I can only get 60 percent of them to subscribe. The rest? > Too > > expensive (even 25.50/mo is 'too much') or "we don't even have a > computer" > > is still something I hear semi regularly. > > > > I don't think my demographics are specifically average... but they're not > > THAT far off the norm. > > > > In the last 2 years I've lost 5 customers to cable and dsl. 1 to > another > > provider (was glad to see them go), but that's less than the number who > > have moved or died. I think we've seen nearly the limits of cable and > dsl > > expansion where I am. And they've covered a good 75% of the population, > > even as rural as we are. The WSJ article is dead on right, from what I > > can tell. My growth is now the niche areas that aren't high on the > cable > > or dsl deployment priority, yet I'm seeing the "want" for broadband to be > > under 80%, even in affluent areas. > > > > Since our install costs are now as low as "free", depending on location, > > we're seeing signficant "not heavy user" adoption. > > > > Now, the growth of actual data moved... The percentage increase every > > month is near or at double digits. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Jack Unger" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:27 AM > > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] From Today's WSJ > > > > > > > > Sorry but this article (accidentally or intentionally) misses or (more > > likely) ignores the point that 24 or more million occupied American > > households have no access to broadband. The WSJ is merely a mouthpiece > > (especially now that Rupurt Murdoch owns it) for the telcos. > > > > jack > > > > > > Jeff Broadwick wrote: > > > > > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703652104574652501608376552.ht > > ml?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop > > > > > > > > * REVIEW & OUTLOOK > > * JANUARY 20, 2010 > > > > A 'National Broadband Plan' > > One more solution in search of a problem. > > > > > > The Federal Communications Commission recently told Congress that it will > > miss a February deadline for delivering a "national broadband plan" and > > requested a one-month extension. If it keeps missing deadlines, nearly > > everyone in the U.S. might soon have high-speed Internet. > > > > As part of last year's stimulus package, Congress asked the FCC for a > > plan > > to ensure that everybody in the country has access to broadband. That's a > > worthy goal, but the idea of a government plan is based on a false > > presumption that the spread of broadband is stalled. The reality is that > > broadband adoption continues apace, as does the quality and speed of > > Internet connections. > > > > Between 2000 and 2008, residential broadband subscribers grew to 80 > > million > > from five million, according to a study by Bret Swanson of Entropy > > Economics. Broadband penetration among active Internet users at home is > > 94%, > > and nearly 99% of U.S. workers connect to the Internet with broadband. A > > typical cable modem today is 10 times faster than a decade ago. Wireless > > bandwidth growth per capita has been no less impressive, showing a > > 500-fold > > increase since 2000. > > > > Meanwhile, U.S. information and communications technology investment in > > 2008 > > alone totalled $455 billion, or 22% of all U.S. capital investment. > > Nominal > > capital investment in telecom between 2000 and 2008 was more than $3.5 > > trillion. > > > > Those who favor more government control of the Internet ignore this > > private > > progress and point to international rankings. According to OECD > > estimates, > > the U.S. ranks 15th in the world in broadband penetration per capita. But > > because household sizes differ from country to country, and the U.S. has > > relatively large households, the per capita figures can be misleading. A > > better way to gauge wired broadband connections is per household, not per > > person. By that measure the U.S. ranks somewhere between 8th and 10th. > > > > Such comparisons will soon be moot in any case because broadband > > penetration > > is growing rapidly in all OECD countries. The Technology Policy Institute > > notes that "at the current rates of broadband adoption the U.S. is behind > > the leaders only by a number of months, and all wealthy OECD countries > > will > > reach a saturation point within the next few years." > > > > Even the Obama Justice Department seems to reject the broadband market > > failure thesis. "In any industry subject to significant technological > > change, it is important that the evaluation of competition be > > forward-looking rather than based on static definitions of products and > > services," said the Antitrust Division in a January 4 filing to the FCC. > > "In > > the case of broadband services, it's clear that the market is shifting > > generally in the direction of faster speeds and additional mobility." > > > > Justice concludes that while "enacting some form of regulation to prevent > > certain providers from exercising monopoly control may be tempting . . . > > care must be taken to avoid stifling the infrastructure investments > > needed > > to expand broadband access." > > > > No matter, the default position of the Obama Administration is that > > little > > useful happens without government, so the FCC is busy planning. Chairman > > Julius Genachowski is sympathetic to net neutrality regulations that > > would > > prevent Internet service providers from using differentiated pricing to > > manage Web traffic. Liberal interest groups like Public Knowledge and > > Harvard's Berkman Center for the Internet and Society are urging the > > agency > > to reinstitute "open access" mandates that would force cable operators > > and > > phone companies to share their infrastructure with rivals at > > government-set > > prices. > > > > The irony is that the private investment and innovation of recent years > > have > > occurred in the wake of the FCC rolling back similar rules that held back > > telecom in the 1990s. Consumers continue to have access to more and more > > broadband services, while Google, YouTube, iTunes, Facebook and Netflix > > originated in the U.S. > > > > Doesn't the Obama Administration have enough to do than mess with a part > > of > > the U.S. economy that is working well? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Jeff > > > > > > Jeff Broadwick > > Sales Manager, ImageStream > > 800-813-5123 x106 (US/Can) > > +1 574-935-8484 x106 (Int'l) > > +1 574-935-8488 (Fax) > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wants You! 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